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    The surname Hunger

    A surname, carried by 1,168 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H526

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hunger is more common than 86.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,168 people named Hunger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 264,337 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,117.

    #22,131
    rank among US surnames
    1,168
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #21,727)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #22,124Dejarnette1,169264,111
    #22,131Damelio1,168264,337

    Who is named Hunger

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

    93% of people named Hunger identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hungers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Herbert Hunger
      Austrian Byzantinist (1914–2000)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hunger

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hunger?
    1,168 people in the United States had the surname Hunger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 264,337 Americans. It ranked 22,131st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hunger?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hunger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hunger?
    Herbert Hunger, Austrian Byzantinist (1914–2000).
    Where is the surname Hunger most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hunger in Austria.
    Is the surname Hunger getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,117 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,168 in 2010, up 4.6%.