Schunk Family History
Schunk Name Meaning
South German (Bavaria Austria): nickname for someone with long legs from Middle High German schinke ‘leg bone’. Germanized form of Sorbian Čunk (and possibly also of some other similar or like-sounding cognate): Upper Sorbian nickname meaning ‘piglet’ derived from a luring call. Compare Schunke
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022