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    The surname Gundersen

    A Danish surname, carried by 1,831 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G536

    Gundersen: #15,883 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gundersen #15,883, 1,831 people Gundersen: #15,883 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gundersen #15,883, 1,831 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gundersen is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    Danish origin

    Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Gundersen.

    One of 50 Danish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,831 people named Gundersen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,621 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,688.

    #15,883
    rank among US surnames
    1,831
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.5%
    change since 2000 (was #15,835)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,879Bondy1,832168,529
    #15,883Greenblatt1,831168,621
    #15,889Liebman1,830168,713

    Who is named Gundersen

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

    93% of people named Gundersen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gundersens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jostein Gundersen
      Association football player, born 1996

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gundersen

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

    Other Danish surnames

    All 50 Danish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gundersen come from?
    Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Gundersen.
    How common is the surname Gundersen?
    1,831 people in the United States had the surname Gundersen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,621 Americans. It ranked 15,883rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gundersen?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gundersen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    Who is the most famous person named Gundersen?
    Jostein Gundersen, association football player.
    Where is the surname Gundersen most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gundersen in Norway.
    Is the surname Gundersen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,688 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,831 in 2010, up 8.5%.