The Kornegay surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,702 people carried this name — #7,116 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,900 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,413 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Kornegay surname

Americanized spelling of German Kornegger.

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

In print

Kornegay in American newspapers,
1903–1918.

Newspaper page from The Worcester Spy carrying the name Kornegay
The Worcester Spy 1903-09-20
Newspaper page from The Caucasian carrying the name Kornegay
The Caucasian 1911-03-19
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Kornegay
The Topeka State Journal 1918-06-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,679 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Kornegay,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Horace R. Kornegay
    Horace R. Kornegay 1924–2009 · politician
  • George Kornegay 1913–2014 · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kornegay,
in the records of the United States.

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 States211 records

211 records of the Kornegay name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 144
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 57
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • 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 Ezra Kornegay

    Born 1923 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Bragg; farmer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery, Spring Lake, North Carolina.

    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 James L. Kornegay

    Born 1930; from Wayne County, North Carolina. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Leonard Kornegay

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1897, died 1967; buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 211 records for Kornegay in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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