Explore the Family Name Ungerleider

The meaning of Ungerleider

Jewish Ashkenazic (from Hungary): variant of Hungerleider, meaning literally ‘starving person’ in German (from Hunger ‘hunger’ + agent derivative of leiden ‘to endure, tolerate’). This is one of surnames distributed to Jews at random by Austrian clerks.

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How common is the last name Ungerleider in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Ungerleider saw a slight decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 80,502nd most popular surname, but by 2010, it had slipped to the 85,357th spot, marking a change of -6.03%. Interestingly, the count of individuals with this surname remained constant at 219 during both census years. The proportion of people named Ungerleider per 100,000 decreased by 12.5% during this decade, shifting from 0.08 to 0.07.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#80,502	#85,357	-6.03%
Count	219	219	0%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.07	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ungerleider

Regarding ethnic identity, the Ungerleider surname is predominantly associated with White ethnicity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, 98.17% of Ungerleiders identified as White, a figure that slightly decreased to 97.72% in 2010. There were no Ungerleiders who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during either census year. Additionally, there were no recorded instances of this surname among those identifying with two or more races. However, by 2010, a small percentage (not significant enough for a numerical value) of Ungerleiders began identifying as Black.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.17%	97.72%	-0.46%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%