Hänggi

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from Johannes

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Hänggi is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.8M(measured from records)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 3.9K
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 536K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Switzerland (measured from records)

2,136 people, 2024

Sources
107 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Hanggi in US United States, CA Canada, IT Italy and 2 more and Haenggi in ID Indonesia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Hänggi: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Hänggi
  1. Late LatinIōhannēs(inferred from the name graph)via Johannes
  2. Koine GreekἸωάννηςIōánnēs(inferred from the name graph)via Johannes
  3. Biblical HebrewיוֹחָנָןYôḥānān(inferred from the name graph)via Johannes

Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.

from Johannes

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hänggi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Hänggi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CH Switzerland#4562,1361 in 3.9K2.1KHänggi44
ID Indonesia—≈500 est.≈1 in 536K—Haenggi3
US United States—1891 in 1.8M201Hanggi107
IT Italy—≈110 est.≈1 in 574K—Hanggi1
NG Nigeria—≈110 est.≈1 in 2M—Hanggi1
CA Canada—≈32 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Hanggi9
NZ New Zealand—≈6 est.≈1 in 859K—Hanggi1

2,136 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Hänggi is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Hanggi

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland, Brazil, United States, Spain

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Hanggi

  • Norwegian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Switzerland

    Also written Hanggi

  • Italian name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Hanggi

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland, United States

    Also written Hanggi

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, United States

    Also written Hanggi

  • Arabic name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Hanggi

  • Finnish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland

    Also written Hanggi

6 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Franz Josef Hänggi, b. 1846Hermann Hänggi, b. 1894Anton Hänggi, b. 1917Peter Hänggi, b. 1942Peter Hänggi, b. 1950Pia Hänggi, b. 1957Ambros Hänggi, b. 1957Daniel Hänggi, b. 1963Martin Hänggi, b. 1968Marcel Hänggi, b. 1969

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Hänggi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20242.1K#435

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hänggi mean, and where does it come from?
from Johannes Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
In which country does Hänggi have the most bearers?
In Switzerland, the national register counted about 2.1 thousand people named Hänggi, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hänggi.
Where is Hänggi most common?
Hänggi is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.9 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Hänggi?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 2,136 people named Hänggi in 2024, about 1 in 3.9 thousand residents.
How common is Hänggi compared with other names?
In Switzerland, Hänggi is the 456th most common surname of 127,759 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hänggi” — the 456th most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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