The Nunnally surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,058 people carried this name — #8,168 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 72,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,997 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Nunnally surname

Probably a variant of Munnelly.

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

19 families named Nunnally, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 107 people lived in those households, 5.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 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

Virginia 19

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. 255 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Nunnally in American newspapers,
1852–1930.

Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Nunnally
The San Francisco Call 1907-11-10
Newspaper page from Marion Progress carrying the name Nunnally
Marion Progress 1930-10-30
Newspaper page from The Yazoo Democrat carrying the name Nunnally
The Yazoo Democrat 1852-01-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Nunnally,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Catherine Smith Nunnally 1905–1993 · artist
  • Jum C. Nunnally 1924–1982 · psychologist
  • James Nunnally 1945–2025 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Nunnally,
in the records of 2 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 States228 records

228 records of the Nunnally name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 164
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 46
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Noble G. Nunnally

    Born 1916 in Alabama. Enlisted 1943 at Fort McClellan; driver from Calhoun County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Forestlawn Gardens, Anniston, Alabama.

    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 Timothy Craig Nunnally

    Born 1947; from Pico Rivera, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Ngai, 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 Rodriquez K. Nunnally

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Gulf War. Born 1969, died 1999; buried at Thankful Baptist Ch Cemetery, Lincolnton, Georgia.

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

Showing 3 of 228 records for Nunnally 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) · 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Nunnally name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Traylor Cozart Nunnally

    Born 1974 in the United States; died 1995 in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (Haute-Savoie).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

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