The McDuffie surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,125 people carried this name — #3,526 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,200 people counted. That is up 7% from 9,479 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the McDuffie surname

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Duibshíthe (“son of Duibshíth”) a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) + síth (“peace”).

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

In print

McDuffie in American newspapers,
1901–1920.

Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name McDuffie
The Montgomery Advertiser 1920-12-19
Newspaper page from The Age-herald carrying the name McDuffie
The Age-herald 1901-05-01
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name McDuffie
The Montgomery Advertiser 1904-06-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 26,119 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McDuffie in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1980s.

70 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McDuffie. The most, 23, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 40
New South Wales 8
ACT (Canberra) 6
Queensland 6
Western Australia 6
South Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named McDuffie,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George McDuffie
    George McDuffie 1790–1851 · jurist
  • John McDuffie
    John McDuffie 1883–1950 · politician
  • Glenn McDuffie
    Glenn McDuffie 1927–2014 · basketball player
  • Duncan McDuffie
    Duncan McDuffie 1877–1951 · mountaineer
  • Dwayne McDuffie 1962–2011 · comics writer
  • John Van McDuffie 1841–1896 · businessperson

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McDuffie,
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 States449 records

449 records of the McDuffie name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 271
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 114
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 25
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 22
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 4
  • 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
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert W. McDuffie

    Born 1917 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Shelby; farm hand from Leflore County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee.

    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 Ronald Lee McDuffie

    Born 1948; from Gary, Indiana. U.S. Marine Corps, machinegunner; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    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 William C. Mc Duffie

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1950, died 1993; buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

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

Showing 3 of 449 records for McDuffie 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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). 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).

Canada11 records

11 records of the McDuffie name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 6
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Herbert George McDuffie

    Died 1973 in Selmah, Hants, Nova Scotia, aged 71.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elizabeth C. McDuffie

    Buried in 1930 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record A. R. McDuffie

    British Columbia Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 11 records for McDuffie in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia5 records

5 records of the McDuffie name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Henry R. McDuffie

    Former clerk of Brighton, Victoria; died 1945.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record P. J. McDuffie

    Arrived in Victoria in 1917 aboard the Chindwara, aged 33.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Margaret Inez McDuffie

    Of Sth Caulfield, Victoria; died 1980.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for McDuffie 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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