Hunziker

surname · Latin script

Meaning: habitational name for someone from either of the places called Hunzikon and Huntziken in Switzerland

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈhənzɪkɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Hunziker is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Switzerland it is the 83rd most common surname.

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 1.4K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 195K
  • UYUruguay1 in 45K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,400 people, est.

Sources
132 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

habitational name for someone from either of the places called Hunzikon and Huntziken in Switzerland.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hunziker 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 Hunziker is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈7,400 est.≈1 in 187K—Hunziker2
CH Switzerland#836,0011 in 1.4K6KHunziker88
US United States—1,7041 in 195K1.7KHunziker132
IT Italy—≈370 est.≈1 in 168K—Hunziker8
DE Germany—≈270 est.≈1 in 297K—Hunziker46
CA Canada—≈260 est.≈1 in 146K—Hunziker15
UY Uruguay—751 in 45K75——

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: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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)

Hunziker is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Switzerland, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Húnziker, Hùnziker, Hünziker

  • Russian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland, United States, Ukraine, Russia

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Хунцикер, Гунцікер

39 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)

18501900195020002050Hans Hunziker, b. 1878Otto Hunziker, b. 1879Walter Hunziker, b. 1899Frieda Hunziker, b. 1908Armando Theodoro Hunziker, b. 1919Bruno Hunziker, b. 1930Christopher T. Hunziker, b. 1956Michelle Hunziker, b. 1977Nicolas Hunziker, b. 1996Andrin Hunziker, b. 2003

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Hunziker,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Hunziker
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20246K#75
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.7K#16,765
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.6K#16,260
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.6K#17,341
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—75—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • 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 Hunziker mean, and where does it come from?
habitational name for someone from either of the places called Hunzikon and Huntziken in Switzerland. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Hunziker?
A machine transcription gives /ˈhənzɪkɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Hunziker have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.4 thousand people named Hunziker in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hunziker.
Where is Hunziker most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Hunziker is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 1.4 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Hunziker?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 6,001 people named Hunziker in 2024, about 1 in 1.4 thousand residents.
How common is Hunziker compared with other names?
In Switzerland, Hunziker is the 83rd 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, “Hunziker” — the 83rd most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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