How common is the surname Ginter?

3,795 people in the United States had the surname Ginter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,356 Americans. It ranked 8,659th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ginter?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ginter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ginter?

Lindsey Ginter, American actor.

Where is the surname Ginter most common?

Wikidata records people named Ginter in the United States.

Is the surname Ginter getting more or less common?

More common. 3,695 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,795 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Ginter

A surname, carried by 3,795 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ginter is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname. Variant of Günther.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,795 people named Ginter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,356 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,695.

#8,659

rank among US surnames

3,795

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,249)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,651	Silvey	3,798	81,292
#8,653	Casella	3,797	81,313
#8,655	Bibb	3,796	81,334
#8,659	Behr	3,795	81,356
#8,663	Kapoor	3,794	81,377
#8,664	Hufford	3,793	81,399

Who is named Ginter

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

95% of people named Ginter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ginters

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lindsey Ginter
American actor, 1950–2024

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ginter

Ginter has the Soundex code G536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G536.

Questions

How common is the surname Ginter?: 3,795 people in the United States had the surname Ginter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,356 Americans. It ranked 8,659th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ginter?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ginter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ginter?: Lindsey Ginter, American actor.
Where is the surname Ginter most common?: Wikidata records people named Ginter in the United States.
Is the surname Ginter getting more or less common?: More common. 3,695 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,795 in 2010, up 2.7%.