Explore the Family Name Gunton

The meaning of Gunton

English (southeastern): habitational name from either of two places in East Anglia, one in Norfolk and the other in Suffolk, both named with the Old Norse personal name Gunni (see Gunn) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

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

According to data obtained from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Gunton has experienced a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, it ranked as the 75,938th most common surname in the U.S., but slipped to 78,821st place by 2010, indicating a change of -3.8. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of people with the Gunton surname actually increased marginally from 236 in 2000 to 242 in 2010, representing a growth of 2.54.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#75,938	#78,821	-3.8%
Count	236	242	2.54%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.08	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gunton

The data from the Decennial U.S. Census also indicates some shifts in ethnic identity associated with the surname Gunton between 2000 and 2010. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White in both years, with a slight increase from 91.53% in 2000 to 91.74% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Black dropped from 3.39% in 2000 to 0% in 2010. Additionally, there was an emergence of multiple races and Hispanic identities within this surname group, which did not exist in 2000 but were recorded as 3.31% and 2.07%, respectively, in 2010. No individuals with the surname Gunton identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	91.53%	91.74%	0.23%
Two or More Races	0%	3.31%	0%
Hispanic	0%	2.07%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	3.39%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%