The Thigpen surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,359 people carried this name — #3,784 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 9,068 in 2000.

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In print

Thigpen in American newspapers,
1907–1930.

Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Times carrying the name Thigpen
The Indianapolis Times 1930-03-05
Newspaper page from Los Angeles Herald carrying the name Thigpen
Los Angeles Herald 1907-09-04
Newspaper page from New Britain Herald carrying the name Thigpen
New Britain Herald 1930-03-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,879 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Thigpen,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Corbett H. Thigpen 1919–1999 · psychiatrist
  • Judson A. Thigpen 1926–2001 · politician
  • Philip A. Thigpen 1926–2013 · athletics competitor
  • Philip A. Thigpen 1927–2013 · athletics competitor
  • Ed Thigpen 1930–2010 · composer
  • James Thigpen 1940–1999 · restaurant owner

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Thigpen,
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 States392 records

392 records of the Thigpen name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 296
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 80
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Luster R. Thigpen

    Born 1908 in Maryland. Enlisted 1942 at Baltimore; driver from Baltimore City. Veteran; died 1967, buried at Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland.

    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 William Hassell Thigpen

    Born 1945; from Tarboro, North Carolina. U.S. Army, infantry unit commander; killed in action 1971 in Binh Thuy, 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 Joseph William Thigpen

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1935, died 2000; buried at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery, Spring Lake, North Carolina.

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

Showing 3 of 392 records for Thigpen in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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).

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