The Koon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,638 people carried this name — #6,083 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,400 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (5,660).

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In print

Koon in American newspapers,
1894.

Newspaper page from The Iuka Vidette carrying the name Koon
The Iuka Vidette 1894-10-25
Newspaper page from The Sea Coast Echo carrying the name Koon
The Sea Coast Echo 1894-10-27
Newspaper page from St. Tammany Farmer carrying the name Koon
St. Tammany Farmer 1894-11-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 95,062 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Koon in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

1,287 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Koon. The most, 194, date from the 1920s. 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 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 399
Queensland 370
Victoria 286
Tasmania 111
South Australia 72
Western Australia 25
ACT (Canberra) 13
Northern Territory 5

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

In the public record

People named Koon,
in the records of 6 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 States423 records

423 records of the Koon name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 237
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 78
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 48
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 28
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • 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 Lloyd W. Koon

    Born 1920 in South Dakota. Enlisted 1940 at Mitchell; rubber worker from Davison County. U.S. Army veteran; died 1978, buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Billings, Montana.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Aurania from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; laborer. From Widnes, England; bound for New Jersey.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Albert Lewis Koon

    Born 1946; from Lancaster, Ohio. U.S. Army, armored reconnaissance unit commander; died in an accident 1969 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 423 records for Koon 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands55 records

55 records of the Koon name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 24
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 19
  • Dutch population registers 12
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Margaretha Engelina Koon

    Married in 1829 in Leeuwarden; seamstress. Died 1853 in Leeuwarden, aged 50.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Amelia Judith Koon

    Married in 1834 in Tilburg; born 1808 in Leeuwarden. Died 1845 in Veenhuizen (Norg), aged 37.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Marie Gertrus Koon

    Died 1806 in Amstenrade, aged 20.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 55 records for Koon in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Koon name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jim Koon

    Died 1954; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record William Koon

    Listed at Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1795.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Michal Koon

    Listed at Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1795.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · 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).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Koon name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Swa Koon

    Farmer of Sale, Victoria; died 1877.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Koon in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Koon name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Yan Koon

    Born 1925 in Kwantung (Chine Nationaliste); died 1997 in Taïwan.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Koon name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Albert Koon

    From Rauenthal, Rheingau. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 4 October 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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