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    The surname Honegger

    A surname, carried by 422 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H526

    Honegger: #49,723 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Honegger #49,723, 422 people Honegger: #49,723 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Honegger #49,723, 422 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Honegger is more common than 69.4% of them.

    Origin

    Borrowed from Alemannic German Honegger, from Middle High German hoch (“high”) + ecge (“corner”), comparable to English high + edge. Originating from Switzerland. Compare Honaker.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 422 people named Honegger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 731,624 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 400.

    #49,723
    rank among US surnames
    422
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.5%
    change since 2000 (was #49,366)

    Who is named Honegger

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Honegger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as two or more races and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Honegger

    Honegger has the Soundex code H526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H526.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Honegger come from?
    Borrowed from Alemannic German Honegger, from Middle High German hoch (“high”) + ecge (“corner”), comparable to English high + edge. Originating from Switzerland. Compare Honaker.
    How common is the surname Honegger?
    422 people in the United States had the surname Honegger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 731,624 Americans. It ranked 49,723rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Honegger?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Honegger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Honegger getting more or less common?
    More common. 400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 422 in 2010, up 5.5%.