The Runyon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,153 people carried this name — #3,872 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (9,123).

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In print

Runyon in American newspapers,
1895–1914.

Newspaper page from The White Mountain Echo And Tourist's Register carrying the name Runyon
The White Mountain Echo And Tourist's Register 1900-09-15
Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Runyon
The Portland Daily Press 1895-11-30
Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Runyon
The Daily Missoulian 1914-06-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 35,282 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Runyon in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

187 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Runyon. The most, 57, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 62
Queensland 41
Victoria 38
South Australia 15
Western Australia 14
Tasmania 12
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Runyon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Theodore Runyon
    Theodore Runyon 1822–1896 · politician
  • William Nelson Runyon
    William Nelson Runyon 1871–1931 · judge
  • Damon Runyon
    Damon Runyon 1880–1946 · writer
  • Damon Runyon
    Damon Runyon 1884–1946 · writer
  • Elsie Waite Touzalin d. 1912
  • Robert Runyon 1881–1968 · photographer

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 Runyon,
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 States576 records

576 records of the Runyon name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 301
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 134
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 100
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 21
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • Sacramento County historic burials 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Willard Runyon

    Born 1923 in Michigan. Enlisted 1943 at Peoria, Illinois; lineman from Sangamon County, Illinois. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Illinois.

    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 Barry Lee Runyon

    Born 1948; from Lebanon, New Jersey. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Binh Thuy, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Caroline Runyon

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the London from London, aged 28; servant. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 576 records for Runyon 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Runyon name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Marvil Alexander Runyon

    Buried in 1970 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 56.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Peter Runyon

    Listed at Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1791.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  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 William Luther Runyon

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

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

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Surnames next to Runyon.

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