Hunger Surname
Approximately 12,530 people bear this surname
Hunger Surname Definition:
(Teutonic) Hun-Spear [Old Teutonic Hungár, Hungér—Hun, prob. the tribal name + Old English gár = Old Saxon O.H.Ger. gér = Old Norse geirr, a spear] Ægelmund and Hungár.— Wídsíð, 236.
Hunger-us.—Domesday Book.
Hunger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 9,176 | 1:8,773 | 1,086 |
| United States | 1,366 | 1:265,343 | 24,986 |
| Switzerland | 625 | 1:13,141 | 2,174 |
| Austria | 372 | 1:22,891 | 3,594 |
| Brazil | 370 | 1:578,579 | 21,586 |
| Poland | 125 | 1:304,070 | 36,040 |
| France | 108 | 1:615,025 | 80,926 |
| New Zealand | 104 | 1:43,542 | 7,204 |
| Canada | 50 | 1:736,912 | 58,785 |
| England | 40 | 1:1,392,951 | 61,553 |
| Netherlands | 30 | 1:562,906 | 50,501 |
| Denmark | 25 | 1:225,789 | 17,947 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 190 | 1:264,309 | 21,644 |
The alternate forms: Hünger (146) are calculated separately.
Hunger (32) may also be a first name.
Hunger Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Teutonic) Hun-Spear [Old Teutonic Hungár, Hungér—Hun, prob. the tribal name + Old English gár = Old Saxon O.H.Ger. gér = Old Norse geirr, a spear] Ægelmund and Hungár.— Wídsíð, 236.
Hunger-us.—Domesday Book.
Perhaps Ongar, co. Essex.
From Chipping Ongar co. Essex, or from its root, the Anglo-Saxon ing, a meadow, which in German assumes the form of ingr.
Hunger Demographics
Average Male Hunger Height
176.48 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Hunger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hunger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hunger is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Hünger. Click here for other possible spellings of Hunger.
How Common Is The Last Name Hunger? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 41,666th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 581,608 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Hunger live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe. Hunger is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 32 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 9,176 people, or 1 in 8,773. In Germany Hunger is mostly concentrated in: Saxony, where 34 percent live, Bavaria, where 13 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent live. Barring Germany Hunger is found in 47 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent live and Switzerland, where 5 percent live.
Hunger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Hunger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hunger surname grew 719 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 444 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hunger Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Hunger surname are 5.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.17% being registered with the party.
The amount Hunger earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 38.2% more than the national average, earning 478,287 kr per year; in Peru they earn 1292.83% more than the national average, earning S/. 270,000 per year; in United States they earn 1.09% more than the national average, earning $43,619 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.28% more than the national average, earning $64,726 CAD per year.
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