Gunter Forename
19,857th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 45,896 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany
Gunter Forename Definition:
A male name. Old German Guntard, compound of gundi ‘war’ and hardu ‘bold’, ‘hardy’ or Old German Gunter a derivative of gundi. Introduced into England by the Normans and fairly common in the 13th and 14th C, Gunter is found as a christian name as late as 1494.
Read More About This ForenameGunter Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 33,678 | 1:2,871 | 393 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,034 | 1:3,787 | 660 |
| United States | 100% | 2,211 | 1:163,970 | 6,255 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,148 | 1:28,862 | 2,328 |
| Brazil | 100% | 933 | 1:229,621 | 9,768 |
| Austria | 100% | 800 | 1:10,643 | 650 |
| Peru | 100% | 568 | 1:55,971 | 2,672 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 482 | 1:21,642 | 1,977 |
| South Africa | 99% | 324 | 1:168,311 | 11,442 |
| Indonesia | - | 250 | 1:1,031,855 | 63,430 |
| Australia | - | 226 | 1:60,432 | 2,660 |
| England | 100% | 208 | 1:267,322 | 7,076 |
| Ecuador | - | 162 | 1:109,425 | 2,555 |
| Spain | 100% | 158 | 1:294,493 | 4,932 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 157 | 1:52,315 | 2,255 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 150 | 1:112,681 | 5,530 |
| France | 100% | 114 | 1:583,073 | 5,862 |
| Chile | 99% | 93 | 1:189,325 | 3,578 |
| Mexico | 100% | 93 | 1:1,334,886 | 9,495 |
| Colombia | - | 72 | 1:663,596 | 9,070 |
| Romania | 100% | 70 | 1:286,457 | 8,997 |
| Thailand | 100% | 68 | 1:1,030,380 | 37,113 |
| Turkey | 77% | 65 | 1:1,196,949 | 10,912 |
| Argentina | 94% | 64 | 1:668,332 | 4,244 |
| Italy | 100% | 60 | 1:1,017,702 | 8,778 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 58 | 1:520,722 | 13,819 |
| Greece | 100% | 51 | 1:214,403 | 4,245 |
| Norway | 100% | 51 | 1:100,634 | 3,259 |
| Croatia | 100% | 42 | 1:100,407 | 2,448 |
| Russia | 100% | 31 | 1:4,652,700 | 23,240 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Japan | - | 24 | 1:5,332,752 | 28,204 |
| Honduras | 100% | 23 | 1:383,368 | 6,614 |
| Denmark | - | 22 | 1:256,795 | 5,179 |
| Paraguay | 88% | 21 | 1:344,610 | 4,184 |
| New Zealand | - | 20 | 1:226,802 | 7,241 |
| Sweden | 100% | 19 | 1:518,837 | 13,099 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 18 | 1:334,352 | 6,829 |
| Philippines | 100% | 18 | 1:5,889,415 | 97,289 |
| Israel | 96% | 17 | 1:494,289 | 9,770 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 15 | 1:317,863 | 5,868 |
| China | - | 13 | 1:105,081,214 | 64,899 |
| Georgia | 100% | 13 | 1:287,574 | 6,675 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 13 | 1:1,239,110 | 4,883 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 12 | 1:285,636 | 4,451 |
| Scotland | 100% | 11 | 1:486,397 | 6,140 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Finland | 100% | 9 | 1:609,243 | 6,562 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Hong Kong | - | 7 | 1:1,107,532 | 6,332 |
| Panama | - | 7 | 1:558,080 | 14,722 |
| Singapore | 100% | 7 | 1:898,151 | 14,197 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 6 | 1:40,570 | 1,514 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 6 | 1:8,798,053 | 38,955 |
| Luxembourg | - | 5 | 1:112,810 | 2,667 |
| Malaysia | 91% | 5 | 1:6,089,988 | 140,568 |
| Ireland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,160,880 | 7,088 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Cameroon | - | 4 | 1:5,402,626 | 68,032 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Wales | 100% | 4 | 1:773,577 | 8,486 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 3 | 1:12,619 | 697 |
| Namibia | - | 3 | 1:801,393 | 11,859 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:2,717,438 | 132,395 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Czechia | 97% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| India | - | 1 | 1:1,214,877,971 | 4,759,450 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
The alternate forms: Günter (796,501) are calculated separately.
Gunter (40,455) may also be a surname.
Gunter Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Old German Guntard, compound of gundi ‘war’ and hardu ‘bold’, ‘hardy’ or Old German Gunter a derivative of gundi. Introduced into England by the Normans and fairly common in the 13th and 14th C, Gunter is found as a christian name as late as 1494. It gave rise to the surnames Gunter, Gunther.
Gunterius Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum 1086-93. Gunter Hundred Rolls 1273, The Coventry Leet Book 1494. Guntard Hundred Rolls 1273.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Gunter Forename Popularity
Gunter Demographics
Average Gunter Salary in
United States
$47,851 USD
Per year
Rank:
151,132 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000708751
Rank: 5,563 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
109.93%
Sample size: 1,221 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Gunter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gunter in the Russian language | ||
| Гунтер | gunter | - |
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