Frequency: (6231)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), and Slovenian: ethnic name for a Hungarian or a nickname for someone who had trade relations with Hungary, from the ethnic term Unger ‘Hungarian’ (see Ungar).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
