How common is the surname Unser?

726 people in the United States had the surname Unser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 425,269 Americans. It ranked 31,790th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Unser?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Unser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Unser?

Bobby Unser, American racecar driver (1934-2021), followed by Jerry Unser.

Where is the surname Unser most common?

Wikidata records people named Unser in the United States.

Is the surname Unser getting more or less common?

More common. 715 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 726 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Unser

A surname, carried by 726 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex U526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Unser is more common than 80.4% of them.

Origin

* As a south German surname, from the adjective sehr (“wounded, injured”) with the prefix un-. * As a north German surname, from the small town Unsen in Hameln.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 726 people named Unser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 425,269 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 715.

#31,790

rank among US surnames

726

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #30,753)

Who is named Unser

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

97% of people named Unser identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Unsers

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bobby Unser
American racecar driver (1934-2021)
Jerry Unser
American racing driver (1932-1959)
Al Unser
American racecar driver (1939–2021)
Al Unser Jr.
American racecar driver, born 1962
Johnny Unser
American racing driver, born 1958

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Unser

Unser has the Soundex code U526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code U526.

Questions

Where does the surname Unser come from?: * As a south German surname, from the adjective sehr (“wounded, injured”) with the prefix un-. * As a north German surname, from the small town Unsen in Hameln.
How common is the surname Unser?: 726 people in the United States had the surname Unser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 425,269 Americans. It ranked 31,790th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Unser?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Unser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Unser?: Bobby Unser, American racecar driver (1934-2021), followed by Jerry Unser.
Where is the surname Unser most common?: Wikidata records people named Unser in the United States.
Is the surname Unser getting more or less common?: More common. 715 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 726 in 2010, up 1.5%.