Ganther

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɡənðɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ganther is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: variant of Ganter.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 964K(measured from records)
  • MLMali≈1 in 151K
  • IEIreland≈1 in 193K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

345 people, 2010

Sources
163 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 151K (inferred from the name graph)

Mali, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

variant of Ganter.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ganther counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ganther is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States3451 in 964K386Ganther163
DE Germany≈180 est.≈1 in 454K—Ganther37
ML Mali≈130 est.≈1 in 151K—Ganther1
GB United Kingdom≈63 est.≈1 in 1M—Ganther10
FR France≈34 est.≈1 in 2M1—1
CH Switzerland321 in 263K32Ganther7
IE Ireland≈27 est.≈1 in 193K—Ganther1

345 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ganther is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Portugal, Chile, Cuba

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written GÃnther

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gant-Her

24 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ganther,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Ganther
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000386#50,801
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020373#58,695
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010345#58,735
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202432#26,077
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19017—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19616—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19516—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19416—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19815—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19314—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19114—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)18914—

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ganther mean, and where does it come from?
variant of Ganter. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Ganther?
A machine transcription gives /ɡənðɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Ganther have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 345 people named Ganther, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ganther.
How common is the name Ganther?
In the United States, the national register counted 345 people named Ganther in 2010, about 1 in 964 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ganther”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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