The Kuykendall surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,841 people carried this name — #3,608 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 9,623 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Kuykendall surname

Variant of Dutch Kerkendal.

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

In print

Kuykendall in American newspapers,
1880–1893.

Newspaper page from The Kansas State Ledger carrying the name Kuykendall
The Kansas State Ledger 1893-06-23
Newspaper page from Herald Of Kansas carrying the name Kuykendall
Herald Of Kansas 1880-04-02
Newspaper page from The Kansas State Ledger carrying the name Kuykendall
The Kansas State Ledger 1893-05-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,806 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Kuykendall in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1970s.

41 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kuykendall. The most, 14, date from the 1950s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 9
Victoria 9
ACT (Canberra) 5
Queensland 5
South Australia 3
Tasmania 1
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Kuykendall,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Andrew J. Kuykendall
    Andrew J. Kuykendall 1815–1891 · judge
  • James Sloan Kuykendall
    James Sloan Kuykendall 1878–1928 · lawyer
  • Dan Kuykendall
    Dan Kuykendall 1924–2008 · politician
  • William Kuykendall 1855–1934 · physician
  • Elgin V. Kuykendall 1870–1958 · judge
  • Ralph Simpson Kuykendall 1885–1963 · historian

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kuykendall,
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 States513 records

513 records of the Kuykendall name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 336
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 135
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 19
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Henry Joseph Kuykendall

    Born 1947; from Los Angeles, California. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Worth J. Kuykendall

    Born 1908 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Phoenix, Arizona; baker from Maricopa County, Arizona. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1967, buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Roy M. Kuykendall

    Born 1934; from Kremmling, Colorado. U.S. Marine Corps; killed in action 1953 in Korea. Buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 513 records for Kuykendall 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 · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain).

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