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
Average Unger Salary in
United States
$46,007 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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) is found most frequently in Germany. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Ünger. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Unger? popularity and diffusion
Unger is the 7,696th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 98,797 people. Unger occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Unger reside; 56 percent reside in Western Europe and 55 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Unger is also the 951,070th most frequent given name in the world It is held by 99 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 32,840 people, or 1 in 2,451. In Germany it is mostly found in: Saxony, where 18 percent reside, Bavaria, where 14 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Germany Unger occurs in 92 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent reside and Austria, where 9 percent reside.
Unger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Unger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Unger last name increased 834 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 695 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 2,050 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 171 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Unger Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (60%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States those bearing the Unger surname are 12.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US 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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