Gunter is used as a family name or surname in Belgic. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gunter
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Belgic
Meaning: Supposed to be the same as Ingulphus, from In and golpe, Belgic, to swallow down, to devour. The name may be local, and given to a native of Gaunt or Ghent

How popular is Gunter?

Gunter is common in Germany.

Gunter is ranked 9794 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gunter bearers increased by 3.104101 per cent in 2010 US census to 24513 since 2000, the surname slipped by 89 spots and ranked at 1457. The last name was found in around 83 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.06 84.35
Black 13.03 12.09
Hispanic or Latino 1.94 1.11
Others 1.81 1.46
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.59 0.57
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.42
Gunter is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 54980 people have been found who wears Gunter as their family name. Gunter is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
44,793 Kyrgyzstan10
616,339 India10
1,005 Cayman Islands7
7,031 China6
20,541 Peru3
4,096 Dominican Republic3
14,126 Colombia3
10,686 Costa Rica3
37,372 Georgia2
405 British Virgin Islands2
18,625 Japan2
9,185 Hong Kong2
3,871 Paraguay2
213 Liechtenstein2
8,657 Lebanon2
4,104 South Korea2
4,367 Afghanistan2
14,408 Uruguay2
28,232 Morocco2
38,063 Mauritania1
14,618 Guyana1
1,970 Grenada1
7,790 Zambia1
37,779 Serbia1
2,057 Myanmar1
6,820 Angola1
12,745 Luxembourg1
2,935 Madagascar1
7,941 Guatemala1
8,268 Mauritius1
25,746 Finland1
2,309 Monaco1
25,721 Egypt1
9,591 Panama1
58,885 Poland1
4,171 Rwanda1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
9,498 Iceland1
5,553 Taiwan1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
2,374 Bermuda1
49,529 Israel1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,780 Scotland46
8,316 Portugal46
16,483 Chile45
6,873 Ireland44
188,148 Indonesia36
130,701 Ukraine28
23,443 Norway26
11,685 Singapore24
29,040 Denmark15
7,162 Thailand15
113,815 Kazakhstan14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
14,205 Sweden65
10,776 New Zealand62
4,082 Estonia61
25,524 Czech Republic60
38,045 Spain58
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Gunter:
10,216 Turkey734
20,574 Brazil620
5,017 Australia596
700 Jamaica500
9,569 Mexico497
3,865 Belgium445
2,719 Switzerland414
1,029 Wales384
34,535 Philippines322
9,619 Netherlands292
2,659 Bolivia292
7,689 Malaysia253
53,810 France184
33,601 Argentina149
93,104 Russia128
17,090 Romania104
Countries with thousands of Gunter:
1,614 South Africa4,109
4,335 England1,715
493 Austria1,467
4,145 Canada1,098
Countries with ten thousands of Gunter:
1,392 United States28,084
544 Germany11,801
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Elizabeth Gunter worked as dressmaker and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 18 years old embarked for Canada from Liverpool on Mortimer Livingston and arrived on June 12, 1849. William Gunter (24) Slater, are other Gunter that migrated to US.

Gunter Namesakes

    Edmund Gunter, English clergyman and mathematician
  • Wyatt Gunter portrayed minor character of Professor Frank in 2010 comedy, horror movie Attack of the Vegan Zombies!.

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