The Kunkle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,682 people carried this name — #7,142 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,571 in 2000.

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In print

Kunkle in American newspapers,
1898–1912.

Newspaper page from The Laramie Republican carrying the name Kunkle
The Laramie Republican 1904-12-27
Newspaper page from Deseret Evening News carrying the name Kunkle
Deseret Evening News 1898-10-08
Newspaper page from The Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter carrying the name Kunkle
The Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter 1912-12-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,965 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Kunkle in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.

126 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kunkle. The most, 61, date from the 1900s. 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 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 58
Queensland 45
Western Australia 12
Victoria 10
South Australia 1

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

In the public record

People named Kunkle,
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 States301 records

301 records of the Kunkle name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 196
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 42
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 27
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 22
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Howard R. Kunkle

    Born 1920 in Idaho. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Lewis, Washington; welder. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Saint John's Cemetery, Aberdeen, Washington.

    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 Johann Kunkle

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Emigrant from Bremen, aged 22; miller. From Bavaria, Germany; bound for Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record John A. Kunkle

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1933, died 1998; buried at Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Bear, Delaware.

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

Showing 3 of 301 records for Kunkle 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). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Kunkle name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Maria Kunkle

    Came to Queensland as an immigrant in 1882 aboard the Scottish Wizard.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Kunkle in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Kunkle name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Frank Kunkle

    Married 1907 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    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. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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