Hünig Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Hünig Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 162 | 1:496,947 | 42,561 |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Hunig (8) are calculated separately.
Hünig Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hünig Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hünig occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Hunig. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hünig? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,222,957th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hünig reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 496,947. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Saxony, where 40 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent are found and Bavaria, where 10 percent are found. Besides Germany Hünig occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 15 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunig | 93 | 8 | / |
| Hünnig | 91 | 1 | / |
| Honig | 80 | 6,363 | / |
| Hónig | 80 | 30 | / |
| Hinig | 80 | 26 | / |
| Jünig | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uhnig | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hoenig | 73 | 3,147 | / |
| Chinig | 73 | 316 | / |
| Honigh | 73 | 161 | / |
| Huniog | 73 | 61 | / |
| Humnig | 73 | 59 | / |
| Hunnig | 73 | 59 | / |
| Hinnig | 73 | 42 | / |
| Jünigk | 73 | 29 | / |
| Hünike | 73 | 15 | / |
| Honnig | 73 | 14 | / |
| Hünnik | 73 | 9 | / |
| Huenig | 73 | 5 | / |
| Chunig | 73 | 2 | / |
| Honeig | 73 | 1 | / |
| Heunig | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hinigh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hienig | 73 | 0 | / |
| Huinig | 73 | 0 | / |
| Haunig | 73 | 0 | / |
| Onig | 67 | 176 | / |
| Hünicke | 67 | 119 | / |
| Inig | 67 | 25 | / |
| Unig | 67 | 18 | / |
| Hoenigk | 67 | 3 | / |
| Choenig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hunnigs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoenigg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hunnigh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Housnig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hautnig | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hunhieg | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hünig
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