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The HUNGERFORD surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 3,324 9041 0.001 12
United States (1880 census) 1,557 3716 0.003 31
Change since 1880 +1767 -5325 -0.002 -19
Other Countries
Australia 470 3398 0.003 29
United Kingdom 104 23517 0 2
Top States for HUNGERFORD by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 321 8165 0.001 9
New York 281 6758 0.001 15
Texas 192 9113 0.001 9
Michigan 191 6237 0.002 19
Florida 170 10489 0.001 11
Top States for HUNGERFORD by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Montana 51 2366 0.006 57
Vermont 34 2892 0.006 56
Connecticut 149 2987 0.004 44
Delaware 27 4921 0.003 34
Oregon 108 3949 0.003 32

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called HUNGERFORD live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called HUNGERFORD represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called HUNGERFORD in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a HUNGERFORD by picking someone at random in Montana than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of HUNGERFORD

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the HUNGERFORD surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the HUNGERFORD surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of HUNGERFORD in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 117 3.52
White (Hispanic) 57 1.71
Mixed Race 53 1.59
Asian/Pacific 22 0.66
Native American/Alaskan 7 0.21
White (Caucasian) 3,068 92.3

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the HUNGERFORD surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of HUNGERFORD in historical publications

(origin: Local) A market-town in Berkshire, England, on the Kennet. Hunger's pass or way, so called from Hunger, a celebrated Danish leader who invaded England.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to HUNGERFORD

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as HUNGERFORD.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for HUNGERFORD

The following words are slight variants of HUNGERFORD that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.