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

Junghans, 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 Junghans surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Junghans in America

Junghans is the 65964th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Junghans surname appeared 300 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 Junghans.

We can also compare 2010 data for Junghans 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 Junghans

The surname Junghans is believed to have originated in Germany, where it first appeared in the late Middle Ages. It is derived from the German words "jung" meaning "young" and "Hans" which is a diminutive form of the name Johann or John. The name likely referred to a young man named Hans, suggesting it may have started as a nickname or descriptive name before becoming an inherited surname.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Junghans name can be found in the historic city records of Nuremberg, where a Wilhelm Junghans was listed as a resident in 1432. In 1578, a Johannes Junghans was recorded as a landowner in the village of Langenau, near Stuttgart. These early mentions indicate the name was already well-established in southern Germany by the 15th and 16th centuries.

The Junghans name appears to have spread beyond its original region over time. In 1683, a Matthias Junghans was recorded as a resident of Bayreuth in northern Bavaria. A century later, in 1789, a Peter Junghans was listed among the inhabitants of the town of Emmendingen in southwestern Germany, near the border with France.

One notable bearer of the Junghans surname was Erhard Junghans, a German watchmaker born in 1809 in the town of Schramberg in the Black Forest region of Baden-Württemberg. In 1861, he founded the Junghans watch company, which remains one of the most prestigious and well-known German watchmakers to this day.

Another significant figure was Friedrich Junghans, a German philologist and educator born in 1809 in Kirchheim unter Teck, near Stuttgart. He served as the director of several prestigious gymnasiums (academic high schools) in southern Germany throughout his career.

In the realm of the arts, the name Junghans is associated with Max Junghans, a German painter born in 1859 in Coburg, who was known for his landscapes and portraiture. His works can be found in museums across Germany.

Moving into the 20th century, we find Hans Junghans, a German diplomat born in 1891 in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia). He served as the German ambassador to several countries, including Romania and Brazil, in the years leading up to and during World War II.

These examples demonstrate the historical presence and diversity of the Junghans surname across various regions of Germany, spanning different professions and periods in time.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Junghans

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

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

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