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    The surname Gunnerson

    A surname, carried by 561 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G562

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gunnerson is more common than 75.8% of them.

    Origin

    Americanized spelling of numerous Scandinavian surnames, such as Swedish Gunnarsson, or Danish and Norwegian Gundersen.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 561 people named Gunnerson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 550,349 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 548.

    #39,212
    rank among US surnames
    561
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #38,035)

    Who is named Gunnerson

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

    93% of people named Gunnerson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gunnerson come from?
    Americanized spelling of numerous Scandinavian surnames, such as Swedish Gunnarsson, or Danish and Norwegian Gundersen.
    How common is the surname Gunnerson?
    561 people in the United States had the surname Gunnerson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 550,349 Americans. It ranked 39,212th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gunnerson?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gunnerson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gunnerson getting more or less common?
    More common. 548 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 561 in 2010, up 2.4%.