Explore the Family Name Gunnerson

The meaning of Gunnerson

Americanized form of Swedish and Icelandic Gunnarsson (see Gunnarson) and of the Norwegian and Danish cognates Gunnersen or Gundersen. Compare Gunderson.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Gunnerson in the United States?

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Gunnerson has slightly fluctuated over the years. In 2000, Gunnerson was ranked 38,035 in terms of popularity and this rank dropped marginally to 39,212 by 2010, reflecting a slight decrease of 3.09%. Despite this drop in ranking, the count of people with the Gunnerson surname increased from 548 in 2000 to 561 in 2010, showing an increase of 2.37%. However, when considering the proportion per 100,000 population, the prevalence of the surname fell slightly by 5% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#38,035	#39,212	-3.09%
Count	548	561	2.37%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.19	-5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gunnerson

The ethnic identity associated with the Gunnerson name also showed some changes between 2000 and 2010, based on Decennial U.S. Census data. The majority of individuals with the Gunnerson surname identified as White, making up 94.34% in 2000 and 93.05% in 2010, which indicates a small decline of 1.37%. Those identifying as Hispanic represented 1.09% in 2000 and increased significantly by 31.19% to 1.43% in 2010. The percentage of Black individuals with this surname marginally decreased from 2.74% in 2000 to 2.67% in 2010. Individuals reporting two or more races under this surname appeared in 2010 at 1.43%, while the figures for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained at zero for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.34%	93.05%	-1.37%
Black	2.74%	2.67%	-2.55%
Two or More Races	0%	1.43%	0%
Hispanic	1.09%	1.43%	31.19%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%