Find out how popular the last name Guntharp is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Guntharp.

Guntharp, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Guntharp surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Guntharp in America

Guntharp is the 78316th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Guntharp surname appeared 244 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Guntharp.

We can also compare 2010 data for Guntharp to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Guntharp

The surname Guntharp has its origins in the German language, with the earliest known records dating back to the 13th century. It is believed to have originated in the region of Bavaria, Germany, and is derived from the old German words "gund" meaning "battle" and "harp" meaning "warrior" or "strong".

The name first appeared in written records in the Bavarian town of Gundelshausen, where a family bearing the name Guntharp was mentioned in a local chronicle from 1287. It is likely that the name was originally a descriptive one, referring to a skilled or fierce warrior.

In the 14th century, the Guntharp family is recorded as having moved to the nearby city of Nürnberg, where they became influential citizens and merchants. A Konrad Guntharp is mentioned in a Nürnberg city register from 1372 as a successful merchant and landowner.

The earliest known person of note to bear the surname Guntharp was Hans Guntharp (c.1490-1558), a German artist and engraver who was part of the Renaissance art movement in Nürnberg. His works included woodcuts and engravings depicting biblical scenes and portraits of notable figures of the time.

In the 16th century, the Guntharp name spread beyond Germany as members of the family migrated to other parts of Europe. Johann Guntharp (1523-1590) was a Bavarian-born Protestant theologian and scholar who settled in Switzerland and became a professor at the University of Basel.

Another notable bearer of the Guntharp name was Heinrich Guntharp (1631-1704), a German lawyer and legal scholar who served as a judge in the city of Frankfurt. His influential treatises on German legal codes and practices were widely studied in his time.

As the name spread further, it adapted to different linguistic variations. In the Netherlands, the name became Guntharpe, while in England it was sometimes anglicized to Gunthorpe or Gunthorpe.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Guntharp

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Guntharp.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Guntharp was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Guntharp has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Guntharp was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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