The Waggoner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,983 people carried this name — #2,417 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 14,556 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Waggoner surname
A surname originating as an occupation for a wagoner.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Waggoner» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
222 families named Waggoner, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 1,254 people lived in those households, 5.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 12 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
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. 267 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Waggoner in American newspapers,
1925–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 66,036 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Waggoner in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.
142 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Waggoner. The most, 17, date from the 1920s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Waggoner.
Who carried it
People named Waggoner,
with a public archive behind them.
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William Thomas Waggoner 1852–1934 · banker -
Lyle Waggoner 1935–2020 · actor -
James Edward Waggoner, Jr. 1948–2026 -
Daniel Waggoner 1828–1902 · banker
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Josephine Waggoner 1872–1943 · historian
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Guy Waggoner 1883–1950 · rancher
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — William Thomas Waggoner: Waggoner, William Thomas, 1852-1934, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); James Edward Waggoner, Jr.: Jennifer Waggoner, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 41 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Waggoner,
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 States871 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 570
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 225
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 33
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 26
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Theodore L. WaggonerBorn 1920 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; farmer from De Kalb County. U.S. Army veteran; died 1997, buried at Corinth Cemetery, Sparta, Tennessee.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Peter WaggonerArrived at New York in 1890 aboard the Majestic from Liverpool, aged 32; laborer.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record George Earl WaggonerBorn 1930; from Louisville, Kentucky. U.S. Marine Corps; killed in action 1953 in Korea.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
Showing 3 of 871 records for Waggoner 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) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).
Canada46 records
- Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 42
- City of Calgary cemetery records 3
- Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Lily Georgina WaggonerBuried in 1991 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 83.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. -
Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Ella May WaggonerDied 1871 in North Range, Digby, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. -
Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Annie WaggonerMarried 1891 in Queens, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
Showing 3 of 46 records for Waggoner in Canada.
Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).
Australia11 records
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 7
- Tasmanian Names Index 3
- NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
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Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829 Transportation record John the younger WaggonerTransported to New South Wales aboard the Minerva, arriving 1821; ticket of leave 1830.
Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Don WaggonerSailed from Victoria in 1913 aboard the Nestor, bound for Liverpool, aged 40.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: civil register, 1880 Civil record James WaggonerListed at Bothwell, Tasmania, in the census of 1848.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 11 records for Waggoner in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Waggoner.
- Wadsworth 9,912 · U.S. census
- Waechter 1,157 · U.S. census
- Wagener 1,627 · U.S. census
- Wagenheim 172 · U.S. census
- Wager 3,428 · U.S. census
- Wages 4,180 · U.S. census
- Wagner 155,795 · U.S. census
- Wagnon 2,050 · U.S. census
- Wagon 104 · U.S. census
- Wagoner 15,118 · U.S. census
- Wahl 13,253 · U.S. census
- Waibel 1,414 · U.S. census
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