Günther Surname
Approximately 97,903 people bear this surname
Günther Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 94,874 | 1:849 | 59 |
| Austria | 1,059 | 1:8,041 | 1,019 |
| Switzerland | 572 | 1:14,358 | 2,365 |
| Poland | 303 | 1:125,441 | 18,542 |
| Sweden | 236 | 1:41,724 | 3,318 |
| Czechia | 169 | 1:62,920 | 10,527 |
| Norway | 156 | 1:32,963 | 4,617 |
| Denmark | 142 | 1:39,752 | 4,149 |
| South Africa | 100 | 1:541,777 | 42,852 |
| Hungary | 97 | 1:101,199 | 9,765 |
| Finland | 54 | 1:101,791 | 10,352 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Slovakia | 14 | 1:381,175 | 50,143 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Faroe Islands | 3 | 1:16,333 | 1,308 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
The alternate forms: Gunther (19,086) & Gúnther (1) are calculated separately.
Günther (295,571) may also be a first name.
Günther Demographics
Average Male Günther Height
177.44 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Günther Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Günther Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Günther is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Gunther or Gúnther. For other potential spellings of Günther click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Günther? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,764th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 74,436 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Günther live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe. Günther is also the 3,562nd most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 295,571 people.
The last name is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 94,874 people, or 1 in 849. In Germany Günther is mostly found in: Saxony, where 14 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent reside. Beside Germany it exists in 38 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.
Günther Last Name Statistics demography
Günther earn somewhat more than the average income. In Norway they earn 8.43% more than the national average, earning 375,248 kr per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Günther
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