The Wagoner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,118 people carried this name — #2,401 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 14,841 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Wagoner surname

A surname originating as an occupation for a wagoner.

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

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley explains it as ‘the wagoner’.

His entry covers Wagner, Waggoner, Wagoner and Wagener.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 787 · public domain.

In print

Wagoner in American newspapers,
1912.

Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Wagoner
The Daily Missoulian 1912-06-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 58,565 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Wagoner in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

307 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wagoner. The most, 58, date from the 1920s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 97
South Australia 76
New South Wales 73
Queensland 29
Western Australia 17
Tasmania 12
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Wagoner,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sophronia Wilson Wagoner
    Sophronia Wilson Wagoner 1834–1929 · missionary
  • William Van Wagoner
    William Van Wagoner 1870– · sport cyclist
  • Porter Wagoner
    Porter Wagoner 1927–2007 · actor
  • F. W. Wagoner 1843– · politician
  • Jean Brown Wagoner 1896– · writer
  • Harless D. Wagoner 1918–1973 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Wagoner,
in the records of 4 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 States913 records

913 records of the Wagoner name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 545
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 209
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 84
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 51
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John H. Wagoner

    Born 1910 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Houston; driver from Los Angeles County, California. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1887 aboard the Noordland from Antwerp, aged 16; tailor. From Roethenberg, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James C. Wagoner

    Born 1931; from Rowan County, North Carolina. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 913 records for Wagoner 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · 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).

Canada59 records

59 records of the Wagoner name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 57
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Vera May Wagoner

    Buried in 1980 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 88.

    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
    Death record Elizabeth Ellen Wagoner

    Died 1909 in Riversdale, Digby, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Catherine Wagoner

    Married 1889 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 59 records for Wagoner 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. 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).

Australia5 records

5 records of the Wagoner name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Clinton Howell Wagoner

    Teacher of West Melbourne, Victoria; died 1999.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Wagoner

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Tarolinta; Prussian.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Amy May Wagoner

    Born 1904 in Ringarooma, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Wagoner in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Wagoner name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Bernardus Johannes Wagoner

    In the population register of Utrecht; born 1834 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Wagoner.

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