How common is the surname Hornung?

2,830 people in the United States had the surname Hornung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,097 Americans. It ranked 11,174th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hornung?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hornung identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hornung?

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

Where is the surname Hornung most common?

Wikidata records people named Hornung in the United States.

How do you pronounce Hornung?

Hornung is /ˈhɔɹnʊŋ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hornung getting more or less common?

More common. 2,756 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,830 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Hornung

A German surname, carried by 2,830 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhɔɹnʊŋ/ 2 syllables Soundex H655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hornung is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Hornung.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,830 people named Hornung in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,097 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,756.

#11,174

rank among US surnames

2,830

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,655)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,168	Dewar	2,833	108,982
#11,170	Gines	2,832	109,020
#11,172	Rothe	2,831	109,059
#11,174	Hornung	2,830	109,097
#11,179	Lucey	2,829	109,136
#11,183	Bruhn	2,828	109,175

Who is named Hornung

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

96% of people named Hornung identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hornungs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Hornung
American football player (1935–2020)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hornung

Hornung has the Soundex code H655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H655.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hornung come from?: Borrowed from German Hornung.
How common is the surname Hornung?: 2,830 people in the United States had the surname Hornung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,097 Americans. It ranked 11,174th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hornung?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hornung identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hornung?: Paul Hornung, American football player (1935–2020).
Where is the surname Hornung most common?: Wikidata records people named Hornung in the United States.
How do you pronounce Hornung?: Hornung is /ˈhɔɹnʊŋ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Hornung getting more or less common?: More common. 2,756 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,830 in 2010, up 2.7%.