The Koontz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,538 people carried this name — #3,392 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 10,373 in 2000.

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In print

Koontz in American newspapers,
1876–1901.

Newspaper page from New Orleans Republican carrying the name Koontz
New Orleans Republican 1876-03-10
Newspaper page from The Philipsburg Mail carrying the name Koontz
The Philipsburg Mail 1895-09-26
Newspaper page from The Butte Inter Mountain carrying the name Koontz
The Butte Inter Mountain 1901-08-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 61,390 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Koontz in Australian newspapers,
1940s–1950s.

21 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Koontz. The most, 12, date from the 1950s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 6
Queensland 4
Western Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 2
South Australia 2
Victoria 2
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Koontz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Henry Koontz
    William Henry Koontz 1830–1911 · lawyer
  • Roscoe L. Koontz
    Roscoe L. Koontz 1922–1997 · physicist
  • Mary Koontz 1847–1923
  • Lizzie Weeks 1879–1976 · probation officer
  • John Koontz 1902–1995 · politician
  • Harold Koontz 1909–1984 · business theorist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Roscoe L. Koontz: Np9hksni, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 34 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Koontz,
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 States652 records

652 records of the Koontz name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 438
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 142
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 31
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 20
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 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 Paul M. Koontz

    Born 1918 in District of Columbia. Enlisted 1943 at Baltimore, Maryland; draftsman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery, Owings Mills, Maryland.

    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 Anthony Koontz

    Arrived at New York in 1888 aboard the Eider from Bremen and Southampton, aged 16; tourist. From Germany.

    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 Nobe Ray Koontz

    Born 1938; from Springfield, Massachusetts. U.S. Air Force; died in an accident 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 652 records for Koontz 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Koontz name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mildred Koontz

    Died 1912; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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

Counts: 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).

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