Gundersen is used as a family name or surname in Norway. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gundersen
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Norway
Meaning:

The variant of Gunnarson. Descendant of Gunnarr meaning "war, battle".

The son of Gunder meaning "war".

The variant of Gunderson. The son of Gunder meaning "war".

Lastname is the variation of Gunderson. The son of Gunder meaning "war".

A variant form of Gunnarson. Descendant of Gunnarr meaning "war, battle".

How popular is Gundersen?

Gundersen is common in Norway, United States, Denmark, Sweden.

Gundersen is ranked 31014 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gundersen bearers increased by 8.47 per cent in 2010 US census to 1831 since 2000, the surname slipped by 48 spots and ranked at 15883. The last name was found in around 6 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.68 93.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.95 3.44
Others 1.69 1.36
Hispanic or Latino 1.53 0.77
Gundersen is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Norway which signifies that it is originated from Norway. Around 17241 person has been found who wears Gundersen as their family name. Gundersen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Gundersen:
26 Norway11,526
Countries with thousands of Gundersen:
11,617 United States3,425
334 Denmark1,488
Countries with hundreds of Gundersen:
3,326 Sweden235
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
34,448 Canada95
35,891 England93
26,919 Australia87
8,408 New Zealand86
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,611 Singapore21
59,996 Spain18
23,349 Finland17
123,156 South Africa15
213,815 Germany13
15,850 Wales11
525 Greenland11
407,040 Thailand11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
350,626 Brazil10
414,297 Russia9
26,217 Estonia8

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer Anders Gundersen from Prussia aboard the Pennsylvania from Liverpool & Queenstown. He is registered to be 21 years old when he arrived in USA on July 9, 1877. Anne Gundersen (24) Spinster, L. Gundersen (60) Farmer, H.H Gundersen (20), 27 years old Gander Gundersen, 30 years old Gunter Gundersen, Gina Gundersen, Bernh. Gundersen (1 month old), 8 years old Gustav Gundersen, and 29 other Gundersen around 50% of whom were farmer while others worked as spinster and laborer migrated to US.

Gundersen Namesakes

  • Gunnar S. Gundersen, Norwegian modernist painter
  • Trude Gundersen, retired Norwegian taekwondo athlete
  • Steinar Gundersen, guitarist from the small village of Oklungen
  • Bjørn Gundersen, Norwegian high jumper who represented Elverum IL
  • Ragnvald Marensius Gundersen, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
  • Rudolf Gundersen, Norwegian speed skater
  • Mette Gundersen, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
  • Einar Gundersen, Norwegian footballer
  • Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian nordic combined skier and sports official
  • Oscar Christian Gundersen, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
  • Erik Gundersen, former motorcycle speedway rider

Gundersen Namesakes

  • Gunnar S. Gundersen, Norwegian modernist painter
  • Trude Gundersen, retired Norwegian taekwondo athlete
  • Steinar Gundersen, guitarist from the small village of Oklungen
  • Bjørn Gundersen, Norwegian high jumper who represented Elverum IL
  • Ragnvald Marensius Gundersen, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
  • Rudolf Gundersen, Norwegian speed skater
  • Mette Gundersen, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
  • Einar Gundersen, Norwegian footballer
  • Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian nordic combined skier and sports official
  • Oscar Christian Gundersen, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
  • Erik Gundersen, former motorcycle speedway rider

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