Unger Surname
Approximately 73,763 people bear this surname
Unger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 32,840 | 1:2,451 | 233 |
| United States | 20,934 | 1:17,314 | 2,191 |
| Austria | 6,992 | 1:1,218 | 86 |
| Canada | 4,211 | 1:8,750 | 1,308 |
| Hungary | 1,392 | 1:7,052 | 843 |
| Australia | 1,049 | 1:25,735 | 3,505 |
| Sweden | 704 | 1:13,987 | 1,206 |
| Brazil | 563 | 1:380,239 | 14,527 |
| France | 530 | 1:125,326 | 19,051 |
| Mexico | 506 | 1:245,309 | 6,083 |
| Czechia | 408 | 1:26,062 | 4,106 |
| Switzerland | 340 | 1:24,156 | 3,812 |
| Poland | 327 | 1:116,235 | 17,397 |
| England | 285 | 1:195,502 | 17,195 |
| Slovakia | 262 | 1:20,368 | 3,218 |
| Netherlands | 221 | 1:76,413 | 12,925 |
| Russia | 218 | 1:661,115 | 57,022 |
| Argentina | 167 | 1:255,949 | 20,674 |
| South Africa | 167 | 1:324,417 | 30,492 |
| Denmark | 163 | 1:34,630 | 3,586 |
| Paraguay | 152 | 1:47,610 | 1,397 |
| Slovenia | 132 | 1:18,846 | 4,297 |
| Nigeria | 123 | 1:1,440,185 | 55,603 |
| Bolivia | 120 | 1:88,470 | 3,770 |
| Estonia | 81 | 1:16,319 | 2,713 |
| Norway | 74 | 1:69,490 | 9,776 |
| Croatia | 73 | 1:57,926 | 10,865 |
| Belgium | 69 | 1:166,618 | 22,787 |
| New Zealand | 65 | 1:69,667 | 10,483 |
| Spain | 53 | 1:882,114 | 34,832 |
| Kazakhstan | 53 | 1:333,632 | 27,314 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 45 | 1:132,726 | 14,810 |
| Ireland | 41 | 1:114,852 | 5,857 |
| Thailand | 39 | 1:1,811,240 | 225,763 |
| India | 37 | 1:20,731,497 | 300,213 |
| Finland | 35 | 1:157,049 | 14,263 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Chile | 26 | 1:677,557 | 15,745 |
| Italy | 18 | 1:3,397,594 | 101,426 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Uruguay | 11 | 1:311,978 | 20,848 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Cuba | 8 | 1:1,440,340 | 7,824 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 1:597,509 | 4,667 |
| Latvia | 7 | 1:292,864 | 24,791 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 1:3,216,534 | 7,141 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 1:213,188 | 6,121 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 41 | 1:594,521 | 30,269 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,510 | 1:20,007 | 2,528 |
The alternate forms: Ünger (150) are calculated separately.
Unger (99) may also be a first name.
Unger Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Hungarian” in German.
(German) One who came from Hungary (country of the Huns).
User-submitted Reference
Usually used to refer to a foreign person in German areas, especially to those from Hungary and the general Balkan area.
- lukas98Unger Demographics
Unger Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Unger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Unger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Unger (Arabic: اونغر, Georgian: უნგერ, Marathi: उनगर, Russian: Унгер) occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Ünger. Click here for further possible spellings of Unger.
How Common Is The Last Name Unger? popularity and diffusion
Unger is the 7,696th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 98,797 people. Unger is primarily found in Europe, where 61 percent of Unger live; 56 percent live in Western Europe and 55 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 951,070th most commonly used given name at a global level, held by 99 people.
It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 32,840 people, or 1 in 2,451. In Germany it is most numerous in: Saxony, where 18 percent live, Bavaria, where 14 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent live. Barring Germany this last name exists in 92 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent live and Austria, where 9 percent live.
Unger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Unger has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 834 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 695 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 2,050 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 171 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Unger Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Unger last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (60%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States those holding the Unger surname are 12.72% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.49% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Unger earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 12.57% more than the national average, earning 389,575 kr per year; in Peru they earn 32.31% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,122 per year; in South Africa they earn 76.34% more than the national average, earning R 419,052 per year; in United States they earn 6.62% more than the national average, earning $46,007 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.01% less than the national average, earning $46,698 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Unger Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Unger in the Georgian language | ||
| უნგერ | unger | - |
| Unger in the Marathi language | ||
| उनगर | unagara | - |
| Unger in the Russian language | ||
| Унгер | unger | - |
| Unger in the Arabic language | ||
| اونغر | awnghr | - |
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Footnotes
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