Günter Surname
Approximately 8,361 people bear this surname
Günter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 7,106 | 1:11,329 | 1,450 |
| Switzerland | 714 | 1:11,503 | 1,897 |
| Turkey | 252 | 1:308,815 | 20,097 |
| Austria | 119 | 1:71,558 | 10,916 |
| Czechia | 45 | 1:236,299 | 32,568 |
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| Poland | 24 | 1:1,583,698 | 89,279 |
| Hungary | 13 | 1:755,098 | 40,181 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Gunter (40,455) are calculated separately.
Günter (796,501) may also be a first name.
Günter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Günter Come From? nationality or country of origin
Günter occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Gunter. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Günter? popularity and diffusion
Günter is the 60,269th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 871,612 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Günter live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe. Günter is also the 1,186th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 796,501 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 7,106 people, or 1 in 11,329. In Germany it is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 36 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent reside and Bavaria, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Germany this surname is found in 30 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 9 percent reside and Turkey, where 3 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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