The Sigmon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,760 people carried this name — #5,973 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (5,786).

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In print

Sigmon in American newspapers,
1918–1930.

Newspaper page from The Springdale News carrying the name Sigmon
The Springdale News 1919-03-28
Newspaper page from The Alaska Daily Empire carrying the name Sigmon
The Alaska Daily Empire 1918-05-31
Newspaper page from The Courier-index carrying the name Sigmon
The Courier-index 1930-02-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,394 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Sigmon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Brad Sigmon 1957–2025 · burglar

Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sigmon,
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 States260 records

260 records of the Sigmon name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 206
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 35
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harold Wayne Sigmon

    Born 1944; from Akron, Ohio. U.S. Marine Corps, administrative man; died in an accident 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ray D. Sigmon

    Born 1919 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bragg; salesperson from Lincoln County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Hollybrook Cemetery, Lincolnton, North Carolina.

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

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1936, died 1999; buried at Parkwood Cemetery, Parkville, Maryland.

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

Showing 3 of 260 records for Sigmon 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) · 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: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands10 records

10 records of the Sigmon name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 7
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  • Dutch population registers 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Catharina Sigmon

    Died 1825 in Vrijenban, aged 66.

    Open Archives, Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johannes Sigmon

    Married in 1784 in De Werken.

    Open Archives, Streekarchief Langstraat Heusden Altena (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Johanna Carolina Sigmon

    In the population register of Culemborg; born in Semarang.

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Sigmon in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Sigmon name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Otto Sigmon

    From Neustrelitz. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 3 August 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 23).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

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).

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