The Honaker surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,617 people carried this name — #6,105 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,600 people counted. That is up 5% from 5,350 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Honaker surname

From German Honacker, from Middle High German hōch (“high”) (with dative -n) and acker (“field”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Honaker» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Honaker in American newspapers,
1906–1922.

Newspaper page from The Semi-weekly Messenger carrying the name Honaker
The Semi-weekly Messenger 1907-10-29
Newspaper page from The Twice=a=week Herald carrying the name Honaker
The Twice=a=week Herald 1906-09-04
Newspaper page from Albuquerque Morning Journal carrying the name Honaker
Albuquerque Morning Journal 1922-07-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,744 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Honaker,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sam Honaker 1887–1967 · diplomat
  • Sam Honaker 1887–1966 · diplomat
  • Ima Honaker Herron 1899–1997 · literary scholar
  • Charlie Honaker 1899–1974 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Honaker,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States274 records

274 records of the Honaker name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 199
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 60
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James W. Honaker

    Born 1910 in Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; bank clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1985, buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Willie Elsworth H. Honaker

    Born 1940; from Clarksville, Indiana. U.S. Army; died in an accident 1965 in South Vietnam. Buried at Hampton National Cemetery, Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Ronald Gene Honaker

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1952, died 1997; buried at Paris Cemetery, Kentucky.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 274 records for Honaker in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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