The Wilfong surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,382 people carried this name — #7,584 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,348 in 2000.

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In print

Wilfong in American newspapers,
1907–1915.

Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Wilfong
The Washington Herald 1915-08-28
Newspaper page from The Wibaux Pioneer carrying the name Wilfong
The Wibaux Pioneer 1907-11-21
Newspaper page from The Republican carrying the name Wilfong
The Republican 1911-01-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,398 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Wilfong in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1930s.

25 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wilfong. The most, 14, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 14
Victoria 6
New South Wales 5

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

Who carried it

People named Wilfong,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Win Wilfong 1933–1985 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Wilfong,
in the records of 2 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 States201 records

201 records of the Wilfong name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 144
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 41
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • 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 Robert E. Wilfong

    Born 1922 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1940 at Tulsa; mechanic's helper from Tulsa County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    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 Gil Stevens Wilfong

    Born 1950; from Cottage Hills, Illinois. U.S. Army, aircraft maintenance apprentice; killed in action 1969 in Hua Nghia, 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 Willie Ezell Wilfong

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1930, died 2000; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 201 records for Wilfong 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) · 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: 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Wilfong name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Irene Vivian Wilfong

    Married 1945 in Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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Surnames next to Wilfong.

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