The Hornung surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,830 people carried this name — #11,174 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 104,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,756 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Hornung surname
From Middle High German hornunc, from Old High German hornung (“bastard”) (viz.); one of Charlemagne's proposed names for reformed calendar months with limited success, according to Einhard. The apparent semantic connection has been postulated to February being the "odd one out" amongst months (shortest and changing dates), hence the "bastard month".
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hornung» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
248 people named Hornung live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 159 people named Hornung.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 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 Poland’s population register
132 people named Hornung have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 171 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Hornung in American newspapers,
1902–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,030 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hornung,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Hornung 1792–1870 · artist -
Joachim Hornung 1600–1600 · writer
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Philipp Jacob Hornung 1654–1727 · goldsmith
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Johann Hornung 1660–1715 · preacher
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Joachim Albrecht Hornung 1684–1732 · goldsmith
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Anna Magdalena Hornung 1716–1716
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hornung.
- Horn 52,138 · U.S. census
- Hornbeck 3,206 · U.S. census
- Hornberger 3,368 · U.S. census
- Horneck 191 · U.S. census
- Hornecker 281 · U.S. census
- Horner 23,881 · U.S. census
- Horny 132 · U.S. census
- Horry 386 · U.S. census
- Horst 9,245 · U.S. census
- Horta 3,889 · U.S. census
- Horter 309 · U.S. census
- Horth 215 · U.S. census
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