How common is the surname Junk?

1,120 people in the United States had the surname Junk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,666 Americans. It ranked 22,856th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Junk?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Junk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Junk getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,120 in 2010, down 5.0%.

The surname Junk

A surname, carried by 1,120 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex J520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Junk is more common than 85.9% of them.

Origin

South German surname, spelling variant of Jung.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,120 people named Junk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 275,666 Americans. That is down 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,179.

#22,856

rank among US surnames

1,120

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-5%

change since 2000 (was #20,817)

Who is named Junk

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

96% of people named Junk identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

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

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Junk

Junk has the Soundex code J520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J520.

Questions

Where does the surname Junk come from?: South German surname, spelling variant of Jung.
How common is the surname Junk?: 1,120 people in the United States had the surname Junk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,666 Americans. It ranked 22,856th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Junk?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Junk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Junk getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,120 in 2010, down 5.0%.