The Runyan surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,301 people carried this name — #5,518 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 6,162 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

23 families named Runyan, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 131 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 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 9
New York 5
North Carolina 5
Pennsylvania 4

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

In print

Runyan in American newspapers,
1907–1920.

Newspaper page from The Brandon News carrying the name Runyan
The Brandon News 1907-07-11
Newspaper page from The Carlsbad Current carrying the name Runyan
The Carlsbad Current 1920-08-20
Newspaper page from The Carlsbad Current carrying the name Runyan
The Carlsbad Current 1920-08-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 26,402 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Runyan in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.

65 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Runyan. The most, 22, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 20
Victoria 19
Queensland 16
Western Australia 5
South Australia 4

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

Who carried it

People named Runyan,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Paul Runyan 1908–2002 · golfer
  • Walter R. Runyan 1925– · physicist
  • Pablo Runyan Kelting 1925–2002 · painter

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

In the public record

People named Runyan,
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 States381 records

381 records of the Runyan name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 256
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 91
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 14
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Warren S. Runyan

    Born 1922 in North Dakota. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota; salesperson. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, North Dakota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Earley Runyan

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1936, died 1989; buried at Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery, Maryland.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration June Runyan

    Born 1919 in Belgium. Entered the United States in 1946. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 381 records for Runyan 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). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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