Gunderson Surname

26,942nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,941 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Gunderson Surname Definition:

Gundry’s Son: v. Gundry.

Gunderson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States18,3381:19,7652,489
Canada1,2501:29,4763,857
England821:679,48938,951
Australia611:442,55234,724
Netherlands431:392,72541,894
New Zealand281:161,72618,041
Scotland261:205,91610,908
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
Norway231:223,57824,793
Denmark121:470,39330,183
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Macau11:601,6301,582
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Guam11:160,1214,893
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belize11:355,4743,977
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
Wales41:392,10412,338
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3411:21,4522,704

Gunderson (29) may also be a first name.

Gunderson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Gundry’s Son: v. Gundry.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Norwegian) The son of Gunder (war).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Gunderson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gunderson Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gunderson (Russian: Гундерсон) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gunderson? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gunderson is the 26,942nd most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 365,455 people. Gunderson is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Gunderson live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 29 people.

The last name Gunderson is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 18,338 people, or 1 in 19,765. In The United States Gunderson is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 18 percent live, Wisconsin, where 11 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Beside The United States Gunderson exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 6 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Gunderson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gunderson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gunderson last name expanded 783 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 482 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 2,600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 25 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gunderson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Anglican (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Gunderson surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.04% being registered with the political party.

The amount Gunderson earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 94.25% more than the national average, earning 672,269 kr per year; in United States they earn 7.36% more than the national average, earning $46,326 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.92% less than the national average, earning $47,240 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gunderson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gunderson in the Russian language
Гундерсонgunderson-

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