Ungerer
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Toponymic surname; Herkunftsname
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈəŋɝɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ungerer is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- ZASouth Africa
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Toponymic surname; Herkunftsname. Bearer count: 489.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ungerer is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, first-person singular imperfect passive subjunctive of ungō
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jacob Ungererb. 1840DEGerman sculptor (1840–1920)
- Emil Ungererb. 1888DEGerman botanist (1888-1976)
- Théodore Ungererb. 1894FRFrench historian and watchmaker (1894-1935)
- Joe Ungererb. 1916USAmerican football player (1916-1990)
- Werner Ungererb. 1927DEGerman diplomat (1927-2014)
- Jean-Thomas "Tomi" Ungererb. 1931FRFrench illustrator and writer (1931–2019)
- Friedrich Ungererb. 1937DEGerman linguist
- Lilith Ungererb. 1944DEGerman actress (1944–2000)
- Klaus Ungererb. 1969DEGerman journalist
- Christina Ungererb. 1984DEresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-7232-2506
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 19 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 523 | #41,579 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 522 | #44,341 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 514 | #40,139 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 54 | #29,392 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 36 | #23,866 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 27 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 26 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 25 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 24 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 22 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 21 | #188,821 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 19 | — |
Reference works 3
- 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
- Where does the name Ungerer come from?
- Toponymic surname; Herkunftsname. Bearer count: 489. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
- How do you pronounce Ungerer?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈəŋɝɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Ungerer mean?
- Recorded meaning: Toponymic surname; Herkunftsname.
- In which country does Ungerer have the most bearers?
- Ungerer is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ungerer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.