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

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

The son of Gunder meaning "war".

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

How popular is Gunderson?

Gunderson is common in United States, Canada.

Gunderson is ranked 26969 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gunderson bearers increased by 1.17 per cent in 2010 US census to 13742 since 2000, the surname slipped by 182 spots and ranked at 2624. The last name was found in around 5 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.59 95.71
Hispanic or Latino 2.04 1.47
Others 1.42 1.15
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.03 0.7
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.6 0.71
Black 0.33 0.27
Gunderson is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 19934 people have been found who wears Gunderson as their family name. Gunderson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Gunderson:
2,489 United States18,331
Countries with thousands of Gunderson:
3,857 Canada1,250
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
38,951 England82
34,724 Australia61
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,894 Netherlands43
18,041 New Zealand28
10,908 Scotland26
284,782 Thailand25
24,793 Norway23
30,183 Denmark12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
81,336 Sweden9
440,995 Brazil7

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Of unknown age gardener Peter Gunderson who was residing in Christiansand, Germany migrated to USA on September 21, 1852 by Mississippi put out from Bremerhaven. Ann-M. Gunderson, aged 18, Anne Gunderson (45) Spinster, Berth Gunderson, Laborer Lars. Gunderson, K. Gunderson (19) Farmer, 20 years old O. Gunderson, Theore. Gunderson (18) Laborer, Anna Gunderson (1), and 59 other Gunderson around 57.14% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer and servant migrated to US.

Gunderson Namesakes

  • Henry Gunderson, Wisconsin attorney
  • Steve Gunderson, former President and CEO of the Council on Foundations
  • Carl Gunderson, 11th Governor of South Dakota
  • Eric Gunderson, former Major League Baseball pitcher
  • John Gunderson, retired American mixed martial artist
  • Ted Gunderson, American Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent In Charge and head of the Los Angeles FBI. According to his son

Gunderson Namesakes

  • Henry Gunderson, Wisconsin attorney
  • Steve Gunderson, former President and CEO of the Council on Foundations
  • Carl Gunderson, 11th Governor of South Dakota
  • Eric Gunderson, former Major League Baseball pitcher
  • John Gunderson, retired American mixed martial artist
  • Ted Gunderson, American Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent In Charge and head of the Los Angeles FBI. According to his son

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