The Unger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,738 people carried this name — #2,449 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (14,668).
In Switzerland’s population statistics
463 people named Unger live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 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 Poland’s population register
204 people named Unger have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 323 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 179 people named Unger.
56 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 166 people named Unger 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
758 people named Unger are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Unger in American newspapers,
1887–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 76,981 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Unger,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Ferdinand Unger d. 1849 · entrepreneur
-
Josef Unger d. 1876 · rabbi
-
Emanuel Unger d. 1943
-
Barbara Unger 1400–1530
-
Rudolf Unger 1465–1536 · physician
-
Johann Christian Joseph Franz Ignaz Unger 1709–1775 · jurist
Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Unger.
- Ulmer 8,165 · U.S. census
- Ulrich 16,668 · U.S. census
- Ulysse 1,442 · U.S. census
- Umbdenstock 143 · U.S. census
- Unal 273 · U.S. census
- Ung 4,519 · U.S. census
- Ungerer 523 · U.S. census
- Unterreiner 488 · U.S. census
- Untz 120 · U.S. census
- Urbain 382 · U.S. census
- Urban 20,058 · U.S. census
- Urbanczyk 721 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Unger is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.