# Hornung (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hornung/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,830 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,174 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 109,097 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (2,756 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɔɹnʊŋ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Hornung.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hornung in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hornung in the United States.

## People named Hornung

- Paul Hornung, American football player (1935–2020)

## Similar surnames

Horning, Horman, Hernandez, Harmon, Herman, Harman, Herrmann, Hermann, Hernandes, Harriman, Hermanson, Herrman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.