The Hundley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,532 people carried this name — #4,152 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 8,382 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hundley surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Huntley’.

His entry covers Huntley and Hundley.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 409 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

39 families named Hundley, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 208 people lived in those households, 5.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Virginia 33
New York 2
Pennsylvania 2
North Carolina 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 246 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hundley in American newspapers,
1901–1921.

Newspaper page from The Whitefish Pilot carrying the name Hundley
The Whitefish Pilot 1909-07-16
Newspaper page from The Colfax Chronicle carrying the name Hundley
The Colfax Chronicle 1921-07-16
Newspaper page from Hot Springs Weekly Star carrying the name Hundley
Hot Springs Weekly Star 1901-08-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38,835 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hundley in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

1,626 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hundley. The most, 345, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 589
New South Wales 487
Victoria 270
Western Australia 194
South Australia 46
Tasmania 29
ACT (Canberra) 8
Northern Territory 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hundley.

Who carried it

People named Hundley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Oscar Richard Hundley
    Oscar Richard Hundley 1855–1921 · judge
  • Mary Gibson Hundley
    Mary Gibson Hundley 1897–1986 · educator
  • Rod Hundley
    Rod Hundley 1934–2015 · journalist
  • Daniel R. Hundley 1832–1899 · writer
  • William Monroe Hundley 1866–1943 · writer
  • Richard Hundley 1931–2018 · composer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hundley,
in the records of 4 countries.

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 States543 records

543 records of the Hundley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 320
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 146
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 42
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 19
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Theodore Langston Hundley

    Born 1947; from Richmond, Virginia. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died in an accident 1966 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Harrison National Cemetery, Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles H. Hundley

    Born 1916 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1945 at Huntington; farmer from Wayne County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Bean Cemetery, Prichard, West Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George Hundley

    Arrived at New York in 1859 aboard the City of Manchester from Belfast, aged 18; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 543 records for Hundley in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Hundley name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 6
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Anna Lina Hundley

    Died 1983; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Laurie Henry Thomas Hundley

    Died in service in 1940.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Richard Wagner Hundley

    Died 1927; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 7 records for Hundley in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Hundley name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Matt Hundley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Jas Carson, aged 21; Scottish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record David Hundley

    Retired of Ringwood, Victoria; died 2000.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record H. P. Hundley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1912 aboard the Orontes, aged 29.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Hundley in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Hundley name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Hundley

    East Surrey Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record R. H. Hundley

    Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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