Koenigs
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈkɝnɪɡz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Koenigs is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: derivative of Koenig.
- DEGermany≈1 in 46Kas Königs(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 465K
- NLNetherlands1 in 909K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Koenigs itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 81 (measured from records)
- 1 in 465K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,700 named Königs, est.
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Königs in DE Germany and Konigs in NL Netherlands.
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)
derivative of Koenig.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Koenigs 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 46K | — | Königs | 69 |
| US United States | 716 | 1 in 465K | 819 | Koenigs | 81 |
| CH Switzerland | 21as Königs | 1 in 400K | 21 | — | 4 |
| FR France | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 3.2M | 2 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | 19 | 1 in 909K | 19 | Konigs | 7 |
| BE Belgium | 12 | 1 in 977K | 12 | Koenigs | 5 |
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; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Franz Wilhelm Koenigsb. 1819DEPrussian merchant and textile entrepreneur (1819-1882)
- Ernst Friedrich-Wilhelm Koenigsb. 1843DECologne banker (1843-1904)
- Felix Koenigsb. 1846DEGerman banker, entrepreneur, patron of the arts and art collector (1846-1900)
- Elise Koenigsb. 1848DEGerman patron of the arts (1848-1932)
- Richard Koenigsb. 1853DEGerman jurist (1853-1921)
- Franz Koenigsb. 1881NLDutch banker and art collector (1881-1941)
- Gustav Koenigsb. 1882DEGerman administrative lawyer and state secretary in the Reich Ministry of Transport (1882-1945)
- Tom Koenigsb. 1944DEGerman politician
- Christine Koenigsb. 1952NLDutch painter (born 1952)
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 819 | #30,530 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 716 | #32,203 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 684 | #31,884 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 19 | #50,564 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 12 | #64,065 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 7 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 6 | #89,778 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 2 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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 Koenigs mean, and where does it come from?
- derivative of Koenig. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Koenigs?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɝnɪɡz/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Koenigs have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Königs in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Koenigs most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Koenigs is densest in the United States — about 1 in 465 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Koenigs?
- In the United States, the national register counted 716 people named Koenigs in 2010, about 1 in 465 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/koenigsThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Koenigs”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.