The Honig surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,801 people carried this name — #16,079 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 163,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,765 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 116 people named Honig live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
73 people named Honig live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 63 people named Honig live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Honig.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
45 people named Honig is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Honig in American newspapers,
1894–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 26,050 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Honig,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anton Gerrit Honig 1864–1940 · theologian -
Heinrich Honig d. 1942
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Johann Ernst Honig 1692–1769
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Heinrich Ernst Honig 1726–1804 · mintmaster
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Edmund Honig 1814–1894
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Georg Honig 1818–1874 · lithographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Honig.
- Homer 6,198 · U.S. census
- Homeyer 634 · U.S. census
- Hommel 1,235 · U.S. census
- Homs 178 · U.S. census
- Hon 2,424 · U.S. census
- Hong 31,670 · U.S. census
- Honorat 214 · U.S. census
- Honore 2,191 · U.S. census
- Hons 415 · U.S. census
- Hoog 511 · U.S. census
- Hopfner 116 · U.S. census
- Hopp 4,225 · U.S. census
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