Gunnarsson Surname

27,115th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,811 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Iceland

Gunnarsson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gunnarsson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden14,9751:65843
Iceland3,5251:1088
Norway2721:18,9052,379
United States2621:1,383,43195,756
Denmark1871:30,1863,128
Estonia1041:12,7101,932
Thailand791:894,156140,446
France791:840,79499,796
England591:944,37447,923
Germany351:2,300,156119,987
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
Faroe Islands331:1,485179
Spain221:2,125,09354,547
Wales191:162,87011,152
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Ecuador101:1,590,58518,674
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
China71:195,331,65210,124
Greenland71:8,054710
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Malta11:430,2723,380

Gunnarsson Last Name Facts

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

Gunnarsson (Russian: Гуннарссон) is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gunnarsson? popularity and diffusion

Gunnarsson is the 27,115th most common family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 367,854 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Gunnarsson reside; 97 percent reside in Northern Europe and 96 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname is most widely held in Sweden, where it is held by 14,975 people, or 1 in 658. In Sweden it is most common in: Västra Götaland County, where 19 percent live, Skåne County, where 12 percent live and Stockholm County, where 10 percent live. Other than Sweden this last name occurs in 47 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 18 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.

Gunnarsson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gunnarsson surname are 29.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 76.47% registered with the party.

The amount Gunnarsson earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 74.34% more than the national average, earning 603,353 kr per year; in United States they earn 31.8% more than the national average, earning $56,872 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.75% less than the national average, earning $49,312 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gunnarsson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gunnarsson in the Russian language
Гуннарссонgunnarsson-

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