Gentner is used as a family name or surname in Wales. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gentner
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Wales
Meaning:

Family name Gentner is variant form of Gunter. In battle chief.

Gentner is a variant of Gunther. Descendant of Gunter meaning "war, bold".

Surname Gentner is the variation of Guenther. Descendant of Guntard meaning "war, bold".

Variation of Gunter. A tradition in the family says, from gaunt d'or, allusive to the golden gauntlets in their arms; but this is very improbable. Gauntaric was an old Teutonic personal name, and Gonther and Gunter appear as tenants in Domesday.

How popular is Gentner?

Gentner is common in Germany, United States, France.

Gentner is ranked 78337 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gentners grew by 28.54 per cent to 2031 since 2000 and ranked 14651 after elevating 2031 spots. The last name was found in around 7 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.52 96.65
Hispanic or Latino 2.22 1.84
Others 1.43 0.7
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.44 0.51
Gentner is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies that it is originated from Germany. Around 6234 people have been found who wears Gentner as their family name. Gentner is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Gentner:
3,281 Germany3,265
17,581 United States2,071
Countries with hundreds of Gentner:
15,818 France622
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,033 Switzerland79
31,598 Australia70
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
74,831 Canada37
36,578 Mexico15
79,317 Kazakhstan11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
152,056 Argentina10
22,254 Uruguay10
436,635 Russia8
94,797 Netherlands7

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer Marie Gentner from Baden aboard the Cardine Tucker from Havre. She is registered to be 33 years old when she arrived in New York on June 22, 1852. 29 years old Christina Gentner, Farmer Martin Gentner, Christine Gentner, aged 22, Farmer Heinrich Gentner, 22 years old Louise Gentner, Arnold Gentner (9 months old), 43 years old Constantine Gentner, Jacob Gentner (44) Farmer and mechanic, and 93 other Gentner around 47.14% of whom were farmer while others worked as farmer and mechanic and cooper, laborer, upholsterer, merchant, joiner migrated to US.

Gentner Namesakes

  • Guy Gentner, former MLA for Delta North
  • Christian Gentner, German footballer

Gentner Namesakes

  • Guy Gentner, former MLA for Delta North
  • Christian Gentner, German footballer

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