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 surname Günther is most common in Germany. It can occur in the variant forms: Gunther or Gúnther. For other potential spellings of Günther click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Günther? popularity and diffusion
Günther is the 5,764th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 74,436 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Günther reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Günther is also the 3,562nd most commonly used first name internationally, held by 295,571 people.
This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 94,874 people, or 1 in 849. In Germany it is most frequent in: Saxony, where 14 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent live. Outside of Germany this surname is found in 38 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.
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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