Junk is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Junk
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Family name Junk is the variation of June. Not from the month, but a probable corruption of the French Le Jeune, equivalent to Young.

Surname Junk is a variant of Young. This very well-known surname appears to be of common origin with the classical Neander, Juvenal, etc., and to refer to the youth of the first bearer, at the time when it was adopted or imposed. The Hundred Rolls forms are Juvenis and Le Juvene, and Le Jeune was one of the most common of French family names. Verstegan says: "YONG, of his fewness of years." Hundred Rolls have Le Yonge, Le Yunge.

Variation of Younglove. Young love.

Family name is the variant of Jung. Young.

The lastname is the variant of Jung. One who is younger than another with whom he is associated.

Lastname is the variation of Young. One younger than another with whom he was associated, or of two bearing the same Christian name; the younger son.

Surname Junk is variant form of Younglove. Heather leaf.

Form of Yunker. Variant of Yonker meaning "the young nobleman or squire".

Form of Yonge. An old spelling of Young.

How popular is Junk?

Junk is common in Germany, United States, France, Luxembourg, Canada.

Junk is ranked 64400 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Junks plummeted by 5 per cent to 1120 since 2000 and slipped by 2039 spots and ranked at 22856. The last name was found in around 4 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.63 96.61
Hispanic or Latino 1.61 1.02
Others 1.25 1.27
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.89 0.51
Junk is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany however Luxembourg is ahead in terms of density. Around 7767 people have been found who wears Junk as their family name. Junk is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Junk:
2,190 Germany4,859
19,982 United States1,781
Countries with hundreds of Junk:
40,012 France256
584 Luxembourg136
28,133 Canada121
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,768 Northern Ireland75
32,204 Australia68
105,435 Brazil56
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,419 Afghanistan49
32,568 Czechia45
12,271 Denmark41
72,414 Poland37
72,927 England31
88,124 Argentina26
377,978 India25
36,996 Austria25
51,586 Belgium21
31,718 Switzerland19
390,733 Thailand12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
82,436 Spain9
26,217 Estonia8
50,907 Norway7
40,014 New Zealand7
101,176 Netherlands6
11,702 China6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Smith H. Junk from Germany aboard the Wolff from Hamburg. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in USA on June 21, 1852. Anton Junk, Catharina Junk (43) Farmer, Elizabeth Junk, Farmer Johann Junk, Nicolaus Junk (17) Farmer, Farmer Peter Junk, Theodore Junk, Jean Junk, aged 38, and 162 other Junk around 38.82% of whom were farmer while others worked as shoemaker and servant, laborer, carver, cook, merchant, daughter, joiner migrated to US.

Junk Namesakes

  • Bruno Junk, Estonian race walker

Junk Namesakes

  • Bruno Junk, Estonian race walker

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