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

Hunsicker, 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 Hunsicker surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hunsicker in America

Hunsicker is the 12514th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hunsicker surname appeared 2,477 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Hunsicker.

We can also compare 2010 data for Hunsicker 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 Hunsicker

The surname Hunsicker is of German origin and dates back to the 16th century. It is derived from the Old German words "hunen" meaning "giants" and "sicker" meaning "small stream" or "brook". The name likely originated in the Rhine Valley region of Germany, where the ancestors of the Hunsicker family may have lived near a small stream inhabited by large people.

The earliest recorded spelling of the name appears in the town records of Heidelberg, Germany, in 1562, where a Hans Hunsicker is mentioned as a landowner. The name is also found in various church registers and tax records throughout the 17th and 18th centuries in the German states of Baden and Württemberg.

One notable early bearer of the name was Johann Hunsicker (1620-1692), a Lutheran minister and theologian from Pforzheim, who wrote several influential works on religious doctrine and served as a professor at the University of Tübingen.

In the late 17th century, some members of the Hunsicker family emigrated to Pennsylvania, which was then an English colony in North America. The first recorded instance of the name in the New World is that of Hans Hunsicker, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1683 and settled in the area now known as Montgomery County.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, several individuals with the surname Hunsicker made significant contributions to various fields. Henry Hunsicker (1745-1824) was a prominent farmer and landowner in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and served as a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Jacob Hunsicker (1801-1882) was a noted educator and author from Ohio, who wrote several textbooks on mathematics and surveying that were widely used in schools across the United States.

In the field of medicine, Dr. Abraham Hunsicker (1826-1901) was a pioneering physician and surgeon from Pennsylvania, who made important contributions to the treatment of battlefield injuries during the American Civil War.

Another notable figure was Samuel Hunsicker (1852-1924), a businessman and philanthropist from Philadelphia, who founded the Hunsicker Foundation, which supported various educational and charitable causes.

Finally, Anna Hunsicker (1880-1972) was a renowned artist and illustrator from New York, whose works were featured in several popular magazines and books of the early 20th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hunsicker

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

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 Hunsicker 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 Hunsicker 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 Hunsicker was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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