How common is the surname Gentner?

2,031 people in the United States had the surname Gentner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,017 Americans. It ranked 14,651st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gentner?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gentner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Gentner?

Gentner is /ˈɡɛntnə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Gentner getting more or less common?

More common. 1,580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,031 in 2010, up 29%.

The surname Gentner

A German surname, carried by 2,031 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡɛntnə(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Soundex G535

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gentner is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Gentner.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,031 people named Gentner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 152,017 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,580.

#14,651

rank among US surnames

2,031

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+28.5%

change since 2000 (was #16,682)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,643	Bombard	2,032	151,942
#14,651	Gentner	2,031	152,017
#14,656	Harada	2,030	152,091

Who is named Gentner

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Gentner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gentner come from?: Borrowed from German Gentner.
How common is the surname Gentner?: 2,031 people in the United States had the surname Gentner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,017 Americans. It ranked 14,651st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gentner?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gentner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Gentner?: Gentner is /ˈɡɛntnə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Gentner getting more or less common?: More common. 1,580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,031 in 2010, up 29%.