The Killion surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,960 people carried this name — #6,799 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,500 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,626 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Killion surname

Variant of Killeen.

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

In print

Killion in American newspapers,
1910–1917.

Newspaper page from The St. Charles Herald carrying the name Killion
The St. Charles Herald 1917-05-19
Newspaper page from The Tomahawk carrying the name Killion
The Tomahawk 1917-05-03
Newspaper page from The Roundup Record carrying the name Killion
The Roundup Record 1910-02-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Killion in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

285 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Killion. The most, 64, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 210
Queensland 29
Victoria 17
ACT (Canberra) 9
Western Australia 8
Tasmania 6
South Australia 4

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

Who carried it

People named Killion,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George Killion
    George Killion 1901–1983 · businessperson
  • Carl Everest Killion 1899– · writer
  • Jean G. Killion 1925–1998 · architect
  • Ruth Ann Killion 1949–2021 · statistician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Killion,
in the records of 2 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 States398 records

398 records of the Killion name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 174
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 74
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 43
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 42
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 22
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 22
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 18
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James J. Killion

    Born 1910 in Kansas. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Leavenworth; farm hand from Bourbon County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1959, buried at Fort Scott National Cemetery, Kansas.

    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 Thomas Joseph Killion

    Born 1949; from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, 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 Katharine Killion

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Cornelia from Liverpool, aged 35; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 398 records for Killion in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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).

Australia12 records

12 records of the Killion name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Killion

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Royal Sovereign, arriving 1834.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Killion

    Arrived in Victoria in 1884 aboard the Sussex, aged 31.

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

    Of Lismore, New South Wales; died 1932.

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

Showing 3 of 12 records for Killion in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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