The Wargo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,442 people carried this name — #7,497 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,400 in 2000.

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In print

Wargo in American newspapers,
1899–1920.

Newspaper page from Free Trader-journal And Ottawa Fair Dealer carrying the name Wargo
Free Trader-journal And Ottawa Fair Dealer 1920-10-19
Newspaper page from The Ellensburg Dawn carrying the name Wargo
The Ellensburg Dawn 1899-09-08
Newspaper page from Perth Amboy Evening News carrying the name Wargo
Perth Amboy Evening News 1903-06-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,919 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Wargo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John P. Wargo
    John P. Wargo 1950–2017 · politician
  • Lorand Wargo 1924–1994

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named Wargo,
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 States426 records

426 records of the Wargo name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 249
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 82
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 46
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 23
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 16
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • 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 Charles H. Wargo

    Born 1919 in New Jersey. Enlisted 1940 at Elizabeth; machinist. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at BG William C Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Wrightstown, New Jersey.

    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 Maria Wargo

    Arrived at New York in 1897 aboard the Marsala from Havre, aged 18; farmer. From Hungary.

    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 Dennis Michael Wargo

    Born 1947; from Clairton, Pennsylvania. U.S. Marine Corps, field radio operator; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 426 records for Wargo in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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, 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).

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