The Koons surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,442 people carried this name — #6,278 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 5,565 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Koons surname

Americanized spelling of Dutch Koens or German Kuntz.

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

In print

Koons in American newspapers,
1929.

Newspaper page from The Ronan Pioneer carrying the name Koons
The Ronan Pioneer 1929-01-17
Newspaper page from The Ronan Pioneer carrying the name Koons
The Ronan Pioneer 1929-11-07
Newspaper page from The Ronan Pioneer carrying the name Koons
The Ronan Pioneer 1929-11-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 47,190 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Koons in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1940s.

29 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Koons. The most, 5, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 9
Victoria 7
Queensland 5
South Australia 5
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Koons,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Benjamin F. Koons
    Benjamin F. Koons 1844–1903 · university president
  • Nellie Kouns
    Nellie Kouns 1889–1979 · singer
  • Jacob Koons 1836–1908 · politician
  • Mary Katherine Koons 1838–1867
  • Harry Koons 1862–1932 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Koons,
in the records of 3 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 States418 records

418 records of the Koons name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 249
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 73
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 47
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 29
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles H. Koons

    Born 1920 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at Fort George G Meade, Maryland; shoe factory worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

    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 Dale Francis Koons

    Born 1946; from Eaton, Ohio. U.S. Air Force, weapon systems officer; declared dead 1971 in North 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 Frank Koons

    Arrived at New York in 1884 aboard the Gallia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 33; merchant.

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

Showing 3 of 418 records for Koons 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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).

Netherlands23 records

23 records of the Koons name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 11
  • Dutch population registers 6
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 6
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Reinder Geerts Koons

    Married in 1848 in Bedum; day labourer. Died 1891 in Onderdendam (Bedum), aged 71.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Marie Koons

    Died 1811 in Venray, aged 49.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Johanna Koons

    In the population register of Utrecht; born 1870 in Tjerkwerd.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 23 records for Koons 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); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Koons 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 E. A. Koons

    East Yorkshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    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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