How common is the surname Guenther?

9,809 people in the United States had the surname Guenther in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,476 Americans. It ranked 3,621st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Guenther?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Guenther identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Guenther getting more or less common?

More common. 9,512 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,809 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Guenther

A surname, carried by 9,809 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). Guenther is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

From German Guenther (= Günther).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,809 people named Guenther in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,476 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,512.

#3,621

rank among US surnames

9,809

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,439)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,612	Weinberg	9,825	31,424
#3,613	McMurray	9,824	31,428
#3,615	Musser	9,820	31,440
#3,616	Canada	9,819	31,444
#3,617	Witte	9,816	31,453
#3,619	Johansen	9,815	31,456
#3,620	Delrio	9,814	31,460

Who is named Guenther

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

95% of people named Guenther identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Guenther

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

Questions

Where does the surname Guenther come from?: From German Guenther (= Günther).
How common is the surname Guenther?: 9,809 people in the United States had the surname Guenther in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,476 Americans. It ranked 3,621st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Guenther?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Guenther identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Guenther getting more or less common?: More common. 9,512 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,809 in 2010, up 3.1%.