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

Unterberger, 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 Unterberger surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Unterberger in America

Unterberger is the 82044th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Unterberger surname appeared 230 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 Unterberger.

We can also compare 2010 data for Unterberger 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 Unterberger

The surname Unterberger originated in the German-speaking regions of Europe, likely in the 14th or 15th century. It is derived from the German words "unter" meaning "under" and "Berg" meaning "mountain" or "hill". Therefore, the name likely referred to someone who lived or worked at the base of a mountain or hill.

The earliest recorded instances of the surname Unterberger can be found in various German and Austrian records from the 16th and 17th centuries. For example, a Johann Unterberger is mentioned in a church register from the town of Schladming, Austria, in 1587. Another early record is of a Michael Unterberger, who was born in the village of Kirchberg, Germany, in 1603.

One notable bearer of the Unterberger name was Johann Baptist Unterberger, an Austrian mathematician and astronomer who lived from 1744 to 1824. He served as the director of the Vienna Observatory and made significant contributions to the study of celestial mechanics.

Another historically significant individual with this surname was Franz Unterberger, a Bavarian artist and painter who was born in 1838 and died in 1914. He is known for his landscape paintings, which often depicted scenes from the German Alps.

In the 19th century, there was also a prominent Austrian politician named Franz Unterberger, who served as a member of the Reichsrat (Imperial Council) from 1873 to 1879. He was born in 1824 and died in 1900.

A more recent individual of note with the Unterberger surname was Theodor Unterberger, an Austrian-American mountaineer and writer. He was born in 1909 and passed away in 1997. Unterberger was known for his numerous ascents of peaks in the Alps and his writings on mountaineering.

Finally, one cannot discuss the history of the Unterberger name without mentioning the Unterberger family from the town of Grieskirchen, Austria. This family can trace their lineage back to the 16th century and has produced numerous notable individuals, including several mayors and local officials over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Unterberger

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

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

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