Koenig Surname
Approximately 53,067 people bear this surname
Koenig Surname Definition:
(Ger.) King [O.H.Ger. kuning, chuning = Old Saxon kuning = Dutch koning]
Read More About This SurnameKoenig Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32,038 | 1:11,313 | 1,407 |
| France | 6,081 | 1:10,923 | 1,075 |
| Germany | 5,263 | 1:15,296 | 2,013 |
| Canada | 1,440 | 1:25,587 | 3,441 |
| Israel | 1,348 | 1:6,348 | 960 |
| Mauritius | 1,124 | 1:1,151 | 141 |
| Brazil | 1,064 | 1:201,198 | 7,735 |
| Australia | 798 | 1:33,829 | 4,463 |
| Poland | 599 | 1:63,454 | 9,956 |
| Switzerland | 570 | 1:14,409 | 2,370 |
| Argentina | 333 | 1:128,359 | 10,874 |
| Luxembourg | 304 | 1:1,910 | 206 |
| Thailand | 301 | 1:234,679 | 39,704 |
| Liberia | 284 | 1:15,523 | 1,620 |
| South Africa | 208 | 1:260,470 | 26,176 |
| Austria | 197 | 1:43,226 | 6,927 |
| England | 184 | 1:302,816 | 22,992 |
| Belgium | 174 | 1:66,073 | 10,595 |
| Dominican Republic | 85 | 1:122,740 | 5,063 |
| Spain | 62 | 1:754,065 | 31,946 |
| Netherlands | 50 | 1:337,744 | 38,500 |
| Chile | 49 | 1:359,520 | 9,978 |
| French Polynesia | 43 | 1:6,530 | 1,442 |
| Italy | 38 | 1:1,609,387 | 83,030 |
| New Zealand | 37 | 1:122,387 | 15,192 |
| Ecuador | 32 | 1:497,058 | 10,858 |
| Russia | 28 | 1:5,147,252 | 226,919 |
| Paraguay | 27 | 1:268,028 | 4,505 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Peru | 25 | 1:1,271,365 | 21,041 |
| Mexico | 25 | 1:4,965,048 | 29,049 |
| Denmark | 21 | 1:268,796 | 20,394 |
| Hungary | 16 | 1:613,517 | 35,830 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Czechia | 15 | 1:708,898 | 64,682 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:382,416 | 16,471 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 1:2,517,006 | 28,211 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 21 | 1:1,160,732 | 43,748 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,740 | 1:18,328 | 2,316 |
The alternate forms: Koënig (1) are calculated separately.
Koenig (86) may also be a first name.
Koenig Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Ger.) King [O.H.Ger. kuning, chuning = Old Saxon kuning = Dutch koning]
(German) One who played the part of the king in plays; a servant of the king.
(from the name of a male ancestor) or (from a personal characteristic) Koenig is the German for “king” and is often a translation of the Hebrew name Melekh (king) or Elimelekh (God is King). Sometimes a person who played the part of the king in the Purim shpil (the special dramatic presentations of the festival of Purim) would be dubbed Koenig and this name became his family name. Finally, some of the naming officials would make sport of some poor or wretched Jew by giving him the name “king.”
User-submitted Reference
A variant of the German word, könig, meaning 'king'.
- elkoenigThis is a German surname, meaning 'king'.
- deleted-173293Koenig Demographics
Average Koenig Salary in
United States
$48,068 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Koenig Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koenig Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koenig (Russian: Коениг) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Koënig. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Koenig? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,586th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 137,327 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Koenig live; 56 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Anglo-North America. Koenig is also the 1,032,266th most common first name at a global level, held by 86 people.
The last name Koenig is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 32,038 people, or 1 in 11,313. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 8 percent reside, Missouri, where 7 percent reside and New York, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The United States it occurs in 91 countries. It is also common in France, where 11 percent reside and Germany, where 10 percent reside.
Koenig Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Koenig has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Koenig last name grew 1,169 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 876 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Koenig Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Koenig surname are 14.63% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.4% registered with the party.
The amount Koenig earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 40.68% more than the national average, earning S/. 27,270 per year; in South Africa they earn 13.5% more than the national average, earning R 269,724 per year; in United States they earn 11.4% more than the national average, earning $48,068 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.53% more than the national average, earning $51,438 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koenig Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koenig in the Russian language | ||
| Коениг | koenig | - |
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