Gunnarson Surname

306,186th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,235 people bear this surname

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

Gunnarson Surname Definition:

(Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic) Descendant of Gunnarr (war, battle).

Gunnarson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6901:525,30343,812
Sweden2321:42,4433,368
Canada1261:292,42527,191
Norway691:74,52610,434
Denmark581:97,3239,225
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Iceland111:34,5542,447
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
England61:9,286,343223,652
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Faroe Islands31:16,3331,308
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States561:896,76254,350

Gunnarson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic) Descendant of Gunnarr (war, battle).

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

Gunnarson Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gunnarson (Russian: Гуннарсон) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gunnarson? popularity and diffusion

Gunnarson is the 306,186th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 5,900,847 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Gunnarson live; 65 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 690 people, or 1 in 525,303. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Minnesota, where 17 percent are found, California, where 16 percent are found and Washington, where 8 percent are found. Aside from The United States it occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 19 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.

Gunnarson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gunnarson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gunnarson surname increased 1,232 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gunnarson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gunnarson last name are 5.86% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 59.09% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Gunnarson earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 1.23% less than the national average, earning 341,840 kr per year; in United States they earn 18.86% more than the national average, earning $51,286 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.76% less than the national average, earning $41,851 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gunnarson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gunnarson in the Russian language
Гуннарсонgunnarson-

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