Find out how popular the last name Hanusa is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Hanusa.

Hanusa, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Hanusa surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hanusa in America

Hanusa is the 117480th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hanusa surname appeared 148 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Hanusa.

We can also compare 2010 data for Hanusa to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Hanusa

The surname HANUSA is believed to have originated in the region of Hannover, Germany, during the 16th century. It is derived from the German word "Hanse," which referred to the Hanseatic League, a powerful commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns that dominated trade in Northern Europe from the 13th to the 17th centuries.

The name HANUSA was likely bestowed upon individuals who were members of or associated with the Hanseatic League. The earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in church records and municipal archives from the city of Hannover and its surrounding areas during the 1500s and 1600s.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Hans HANUSA, a merchant and guild member who lived in Hannover in the late 16th century. Another notable individual with this surname was Johann HANUSA, a renowned clockmaker who resided in the town of Lüneburg in the mid-17th century.

In the 18th century, the HANUSA name spread to other parts of Germany and neighboring regions. For instance, a family by the name of HANUSA settled in the town of Aachen, near the border with the Netherlands, in the 1720s. One of their descendants, Wilhelm HANUSA (1755-1832), was a respected lawyer and magistrate in the city.

As the centuries passed, the HANUSA surname also made its way to other parts of Europe and beyond. In the late 19th century, a family bearing this name emigrated from Germany to the United States, settling in the state of Pennsylvania. One of their descendants, Frederick HANUSA (1876-1941), became a prominent businessman and philanthropist in the city of Pittsburgh.

Other notable individuals with the HANUSA surname include Karl HANUSA (1892-1976), a German-born artist and sculptor who gained recognition for his works in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles, and Erich HANUSA (1917-2002), a German-American chemist and academic who made significant contributions to the field of organometallic chemistry.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hanusa

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Hanusa.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Hanusa was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Hanusa has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Hanusa was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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