The Ligon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,140 people carried this name — #5,654 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,879 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
24 people named Ligon have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 53 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
28 families named Ligon, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 147 people lived in those households, 5.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.
Families, by state
U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 250 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Ligon in American newspapers,
1894–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 30,967 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Ligon in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1940s.
159 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ligon. The most, 76, date from the 1930s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ligon.
Who carried it
People named Ligon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thomas Watkins Ligon 1810–1881 · politician -
Robert F. Ligon 1823–1901 · politician -
Grover Ligon 1885–1965 · actor -
Tom Ligon 1940–2026 · actor -
Richard Ligon 1585–1662 · writer
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David G. Ligon 1804–1855 · politician
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 Ligon,
in the records of 4 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 States407 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 261
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 100
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 23
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
- Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Hugh C. LigonBorn 1920 in Illinois. Enlisted 1943 at Boston, Massachusetts; clerk. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Michle LigonArrived at New York in 1894 aboard the Rugia from Hamburg and Havre, aged 19; farmer. From Prussia, Germany; bound for New York.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Arthur LigonBorn 1930; from Champaign County, Illinois. U.S. Army; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
Showing 3 of 407 records for Ligon 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) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · 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); 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).
Germany22 records
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Example: German casualty list, 1918 Casualty list Rudolf LigonFrom Beuthen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 15 February 1916 (Infantry Regiment No. 51).
Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) -
Example: German casualty list, 1918 Casualty list Karl LigonFrom Königshütte. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 29 May 1918.
Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
Showing 2 of 22 records for Ligon in Germany.
Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).
France9 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Louis Eugene LigonBorn 1901 in Alfortville (Paris); died 1980 in Rocles (Allier).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Henriette Lea LigonBorn 1898 in Montreuil-aux-Lions (Aisne); died 1984 in Villiers-le-Bel (Val-d'Oise).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jacky Albert Maurice LigonBorn 1950 in Bertrichamps; died 1995 in Lunéville (Meurthe-et-Moselle).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 9 records for Ligon in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Australia2 records
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Mary LigonOf Oakleigh, Victoria; died 1943.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 1 of 2 records for Ligon in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ligon.
- Lievens 290 · U.S. census
- Liger 122 · U.S. census
- Liggett 4,535 · U.S. census
- Light 16,769 · U.S. census
- Lightfoot 8,634 · U.S. census
- Lightner 5,701 · U.S. census
- Liguori 2,027 · U.S. census
- Lile 2,608 · U.S. census
- Liles 10,317 · U.S. census
- Lillard 3,922 · U.S. census
- Lilley 7,780 · U.S. census
- Lillie 4,289 · U.S. census
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