The Strunk surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,129 people carried this name — #4,374 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,200 people counted. That is up 5% from 7,730 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Strunk surname

From the German surname meaning "tree trunk" (see below).

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

In Poland’s population register

64 people named Strunk have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 122 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Pomeranian 19
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 15
Silesian 15
Opole 7
Masovian 4
Warmian-Masurian 4

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

22 people named Strunk live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Thurgau 5
Basel-Landschaft 4
Lucerne 4
Basel-Stadt 3
Schaffhausen 3
Zurich 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Strunk in American newspapers,
1910–1913.

Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald-republican carrying the name Strunk
The Salt Lake Herald-republican 1910-10-19
Newspaper page from Daily Capital Journal carrying the name Strunk
Daily Capital Journal 1910-10-18
Newspaper page from The Odanah Star carrying the name Strunk
The Odanah Star 1913-10-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 27,065 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Strunk in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1960s.

72 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Strunk. 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 South Australia, at 5.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 44
New South Wales 14
Queensland 5
ACT (Canberra) 4
Victoria 4
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Strunk,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Adolph Strunk
    Adolph Strunk 1816–1888 · curator
  • Amos Strunk
    Amos Strunk 1889–1979 · baseball player
  • Ernst Strunk d. 1916 · soldier
  • Anna Nott Shook 1866–1956 · writer
  • William Strunk, Jr. 1869–1946 · professor
  • Hermann Strunk 1882–1933 · teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Strunk,
in the records of 6 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 States609 records

609 records of the Strunk name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 266
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 121
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 90
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 76
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 34
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 21
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record William Locke Strunk

    Born 1934; from Denver, Colorado. U.S. Navy, hospital corpsman; died of wounds 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    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 Wilbert J. Strunk

    Born 1914 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks; laboratory technician. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Anna Strunk

    Arrived at New York in 1851 aboard the Edwina from Antwerp, aged 33; farmer. From Prussia, Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 609 records for Strunk in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands592 records

592 records of the Strunk name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 381
  • Dutch population registers 204
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 7
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hendrik Strunk

    Married in 1826 in Deventer; grocer, born 1802 in Olst. Died 1889 in Deventer, aged 87; merchant.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Helena Maria Strunk

    Married in 1886 in Amsterdam; cleaning woman. Died 1922 in Dordrecht, aged 72.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Rivierenland (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johanna Hendrika Strunk

    Married in 1882 in Epe; farmer. Died 1898 in Epe, aged 34.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 592 records for Strunk in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Germany501 records

501 records of the Strunk 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 Ewald Strunk

    Born 1897; from Gosenbach, Siegen. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 2 December 1918 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 78).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Strunk

    Born 1888; from Lemgo, Lippe. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 3 January 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Strunk

    From Spandau. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 3 January 1919 (Grenadier Regiment No. 1).

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

Showing 3 of 501 records for Strunk in Germany.

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).

France7 records

7 records of the Strunk 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 Elisabeth Strunk

    Born 1910 in Metz (Moselle); died 1996 in Bouxwiller (Bas-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Rene Strunk

    Born 1930 in Schwerdoff (Moselle); died 1978 in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre (Val-de-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Anne Strunk

    Born 1924 in Schwerdorff (Moselle); died 1998 in Martigues (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Strunk in France.

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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Strunk name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Anna Strunk

    Died 1965; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Finland1 record

1 record of the Strunk name in Finland Finland's war dead, 1914–1922
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Heinr Adolf Wilhelm Strunk

    Born 1888 in Diestelbruch; farmhand. Died in 1918 in Lahti, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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