The Wingard surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,983 people carried this name — #6,766 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,912 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

476 people named Wingard is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 476

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Wingard in American newspapers,
1921–1925.

Newspaper page from The Semi-weekly Leader carrying the name Wingard
The Semi-weekly Leader 1922-06-10
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Wingard
The Montgomery Advertiser 1921-09-12
Newspaper page from East St. Louis Daily Journal carrying the name Wingard
East St. Louis Daily Journal 1925-05-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,609 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Wingard in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1990s.

222 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wingard. The most, 86, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 5.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 133
New South Wales 26
Victoria 24
Queensland 23
Western Australia 8
Tasmania 6
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Wingard,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edgar Wingard
    Edgar Wingard 1878–1927 · coach
  • Ernie Wingard
    Ernie Wingard 1900–1977 · association football player
  • Lenore Kight
    Lenore Kight 1911–2000 · swimmer
  • Samuel Andrew Wingard 1895– · botanist
  • Paul Wingard 1930–2014 · politician
  • Barrie Jean Wingard 1930–1952 · beauty pageant contestant

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Wingard,
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 States247 records

247 records of the Wingard name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 177
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 32
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 11
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Sigurd J. Wingard

    Born 1898 in Sweden. Enlisted 1942 at Tacoma, Washington; farmer. U.S. Army veteran of World War I and World War II; died 1968, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 John Wingard

    Arrived at New York in 1836 aboard the Ceylon from London, aged 24; farmer. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Jerry L. Wingard

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1958, died 2000; buried at St John Cemetery, Sagamore, Pennsylvania.

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

Showing 3 of 247 records for Wingard 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Wingard name in Australia Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Robert Arthur Wingard

    Retired of Craigieburn, Victoria; died 1992.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Richard Saxon Wingard

    Quarry worker of Blackburn, Victoria; died 1976.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Elizabeth Joy Wingard

    Retired purchasing manag of Glen Waverley, Victoria; died 2001.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Wingard in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (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).

Norway2 records

2 records of the Wingard name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Dagmar Wingard

    Census of 1910: Frøiland, Sogndal herred; born 1874 in Sørvaagen.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Wingard in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Wingard name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Hume Sanders Wingard

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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