Gaunter Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Gaunter 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 SurnameGaunter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Gaunter 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.
= Ganter, q.v.
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.
Gaunter: a glover. Gunter— unless from the German Gunther.
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.
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Gaunter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaunter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gaunter is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gaunter.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaunter? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gaunter is the 3,323,005th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Gaunter reside; 66 percent reside in Southern Africa and 66 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Gaunter is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 2,355,552. In South Africa it is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 91 percent are found and Gauteng, where 9 percent are found. Aside from South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.
Gaunter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gaunter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gaunter last name expanded 110 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gaunter Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gaunter surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% being registered with the party.
The amount Gaunter earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 2.13% more than the national average, earning R 242,700 per year and in United States they earn 36.27% less than the national average, earning $27,500 USD per year.
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