Junker is used as a family name or surname in Denmark. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Junker
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Denmark
Meaning: German name whose meaning corresponds to that still has today: young noble, page, young gentleman. The meaning of "squire", although later, is also possible. Derivatives: Junkers, Junkermann.

How popular is Junker?

Junker is common in Denmark.

Junker is ranked 29112 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Junker bearers increased by 5.971307 per cent in 2010 US census to 2733 since 2000, the surname slipped by 253 spots and ranked at 11508. The last name was found in around 9 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.88 96.63
Others 2.16 0.85
Hispanic or Latino 1.87 1.05
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0.47
Junker is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Denmark is ahead in terms of density. Around 17331 people have been found who wears Junker as their family name. Junker is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
8,582 Japan6
7,113 Costa Rica5
14,054 China3
1,500,361 India2
723,167 Indonesia2
19,046 Ireland2
44,018 Poland2
18,718 Thailand2
107,212 South Africa1
7,191 Afghanistan1
2,057 Myanmar1
25,721 Egypt1
19,810 Croatia1
12,741 Ecuador1
17,236 Ghana1
16,640 Hong Kong1
153,416 Italy1
10,683 Cyprus1
9,591 Panama1
21,562 Portugal1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
3,243 Suriname1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,255 Uruguay49
15,525 Norway46
46,461 Netherlands40
51,408 Spain37
48,631 Czech Republic22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
18,065 Belgium97
530 Luxembourg92
45,655 England86
28,444 Australia82
Countries with hundreds of Junker:
1,703 Switzerland603
22,607 Brazil556
2,071 Austria498
22,264 France441
19,422 Canada185
5,931 Sweden160
36,751 Argentina134
Countries with thousands of Junker:
704 Germany9,650
10,805 United States3,355
442 Denmark1,151
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Otto Junker worked as merchant and hailed from Italy. 22 years old embarked for Cleveland from Bremen on Stuttgart and arrived on April 16, 1896.

Comments

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Pansy Hinshaw
Junker is a very infrequent Alsatian surname, represents a nickname derived from the average German juncherre, appointed young nobleman who was not yet a knight, a gentleman.

Junker Namesakes

  • Kepa Junkera, Musician
  • Anneliese Junker, Politician
  • Hans Junkermann, Cyclist
  • Hans Junkermann, Actor
  • Buford H. Junker, Author
  • Hans Junkermann, Actor
  • Eberhard Junkersdorf, Film producer
  • Hugo Junkers, Engineer
  • Howard Junker, Writer
  • Hugo Junkers, Engineer
  • Julia Junker, from 2014 comedy flick April April, who characterized N.

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