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Younger

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English

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Etymology

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  • An English (mainly Northumberland and eastern Scotland) surname from Middle English yungre (“younger”), used to distinguish younger and older men with the same name.
  • In at least one case (of an immigrant Fleming), probably an Americanized form of Middle Dutch jongheer (“young nobleman”).
  • Americanized form of cognate or like-sounding names, notably German Junger, Junker and Dutch Jonker.[1]

Proper noun

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Younger (plural Youngers)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Younger is the 3357th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10658 individuals. Younger is most common among White (64.46%) and Black/African American (28.15%) individuals.

References

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Younger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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