The Kilgore surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 21,627 people carried this name — #1,667 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 21,264 in 2000.

Look up another surname

Share

Where the name comes from

The origin of the Kilgore surname

Variant of Kilgour.

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

36 families named Kilgore, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 200 people lived in those households, 5.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 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

Pennsylvania 11
Maine 7
Virginia 7
Maryland 4
South Carolina 4
North Carolina 3

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. 248 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Kilgore in American newspapers,
1918–1919.

Newspaper page from Putnam County Herald carrying the name Kilgore
Putnam County Herald 1919-09-25
Newspaper page from Putnam County Herald carrying the name Kilgore
Putnam County Herald 1919-09-11
Newspaper page from Ladysmith News-budget carrying the name Kilgore
Ladysmith News-budget 1918-01-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 58,299 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Kilgore in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.

94 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kilgore. The most, 25, date from the 1880s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 29
Victoria 24
Queensland 20
Tasmania 10
ACT (Canberra) 6
South Australia 2

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

Who carried it

People named Kilgore,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David Kilgore
    David Kilgore 1804–1879 · judge
  • Constantine B. Kilgore
    Constantine B. Kilgore 1835–1897 · judge
  • Harley M. Kilgore
    Harley M. Kilgore 1893–1956 · judge
  • John Kilgore 1680–1731
  • Elizabeth Kilgore 1718–1793
  • Benjamin Kilgore 1732–

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 Kilgore,
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 States1,101 records

1,101 records of the Kilgore name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 722
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 244
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 48
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 25
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 19
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 13
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 11
  • Sacramento County historic burials 9
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles W. Kilgore

    Born 1923 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; sales clerk from Fulton County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Chattanooga 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 Charles Howard Kilgore

    Born 1945; from Baytown, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Hossie Kilgore

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Anchoria from Glasgow, aged 23; laborer. From Derry, Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 1,101 records for Kilgore 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia13 records

13 records of the Kilgore name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 11
  • 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 William Kilgore

    Arrived in Victoria in 1870 aboard the Great Britain, aged 35.

    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 Elizabeth Mary Kilgore

    Of Yarraville, Victoria; died 1984.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record James Kilgore

    Of Sydney, New South Wales; died 1888.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 13 records for Kilgore 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Kilgore name in Canada
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record James Kilgore

    Buried in 1950 at Mount Hermon Cemetery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, aged 68.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record James Kilgore

    Died 1950 in Eastern Passage, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. 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 Joseph Edward Kilgore

    Died in service in 1945.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 6 records for Kilgore in Canada.

Counts: Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Kilgore name in the United Kingdom Stirling Council burial records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Robert Kilgore

    Died 1956, aged 69; buried at Dunblane Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Kilgore.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Kilgore is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

See the Kilgore volume
Scroll to Top