Ganter Surname
Approximately 7,007 people bear this surname
Ganter Surname Definition:
Occup 'the ganter,' a glover; Old French gant, a glove; v. Gantlett.
Geoffrey le Ganter, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Adam le Ganter, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Adam de Quixlay, gaunter, 27 Edward I: Freemen of York (Surt.
Read More About This SurnameGanter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3,868 | 1:20,813 | 2,770 |
| United States | 1,345 | 1:269,486 | 25,328 |
| Australia | 416 | 1:64,894 | 7,770 |
| France | 355 | 1:187,106 | 29,101 |
| India | 277 | 1:2,769,189 | 85,362 |
| Switzerland | 142 | 1:57,837 | 7,311 |
| Canada | 122 | 1:302,013 | 27,942 |
| South Africa | 80 | 1:677,221 | 49,167 |
| Ireland | 69 | 1:68,245 | 4,322 |
| England | 57 | 1:977,510 | 48,999 |
| Chile | 50 | 1:352,329 | 9,825 |
| New Zealand | 46 | 1:98,442 | 13,260 |
| Hungary | 34 | 1:288,714 | 22,080 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Austria | 19 | 1:448,181 | 44,644 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 29 | 1:840,530 | 36,623 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 327 | 1:153,574 | 14,178 |
The alternate forms: Gãnter (1) are calculated separately.
Ganter (42) may also be a first name.
Ganter Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Occup 'the ganter,' a glover; Old French gant, a glove; v. Gantlett.
Geoffrey le Ganter, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Adam le Ganter, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Adam de Quixlay, gaunter, 27 Edward I: Freemen of York (Surt. Soc).
John le Gaunter. Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis.
Stephen le Gaunter, temp. 1310. Writs of Parliament.
Richard le Gaunter, 11 Edward II: Freemen of York.
(a) Bapt. 'the son of Gunther,' which see.
(Anglo-French-Teut.) Glover [Anglo-French ga(u)nter (French gantier); from French gant, Low Latin want-us, O.Flem. wante (Walloon want), a glove + the agential suff. -er, Latin -ar-is, -ari-us]
Anglo-Norman le gaunter (maker of gloves).
MIF 281*
A tradition in the family says, from gamut d'or, allusive to the golden gauntlets in their arms; but this is very improbable. Guntaric was an old Teutonic personal name, and Gonther and Gunter appear as tenants in Domesd.
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.
Gunter is a name that was represented in Oxfordshire in the 13th century (H. R.), and two centuries earlier there were tenants named Gunter and Gonter mentioned in Domesday. In Berkshire the name has long been known. It is now found at Newbury. Nicholas Gunter was mayor of Reading in 1618, 1626, 1627, and 1628 (Co.); and in 1624 a gentleman of this name was buried in Kentbury Church (A.). Farther back still, in the reign of Henry VI., the Gunters were Berkshire gentlemen (Cl.). Colonel Gunter, who was a zealous adherent of Charles II., belonged to a family living at Racton, Sussex, in the 16th and 17th centuries, and hailing from Gilleston in Wales before that time (Lower's "Sussex). The name also occurs in Gloucestershire, and a reference will be found to it under that county.
Gunter was a name represented in Almondsbury last century. It has been found for many centuries in this part of England. We find it in the adjacent county of Oxford at the close of the 13th century (H. R.); and early in the 18th century a family of this name owned the Priory, Abergavenny, in the neighbouring county of Monmouth (Duncumb's "Herefordshire").
The name of Gunter is not now numerous enough in the Principality to be included in the list of Welsh names. The Gunters of Tregunter, a knightly Breconshire family of the 16th and 17th centuries, were distinct from the notable family of Gunter of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, in the 17th and 18th centuries (Jones' "Brecknockshire" and Coxe's "Monmouthshire"). The ancient home of the name is in England, and further reference to it will be found under Berkshire and Gloucestershire.
User-submitted Reference
Ganter (if used in Germany) is derived from the Latin word canterius, a tray for transporting wooden barrels. Most likely, the surname Ganter refers to the profession of a barrel maker.
Note: Ganter is the German word for male goose, but has nothing to do with the surname.
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Ganter Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Ganter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ganter (Russian: Гантер) is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Gãnter. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganter? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ganter is the 70,535th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,040,038 people. The last name Ganter is mostly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Ganter reside; 62 percent reside in Western Europe and 57 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,566,439th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 42 people.
This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 3,868 people, or 1 in 20,813. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 80 percent reside, Bavaria, where 5 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Germany Ganter exists in 38 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.
Ganter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ganter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ganter last name rose 411 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 863 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it rose 197 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ganter Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Ganter surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Ganter surname are 6.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.29% being registered with the party.
The amount Ganter earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 13.09% less than the national average, earning R 206,520 per year; in United States they earn 11.22% more than the national average, earning $47,992 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.63% more than the national average, earning $49,996 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganter in the Russian language | ||
| Гантер | ganter | - |
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