The Ginter surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,795 people carried this name — #8,659 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 77,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,695 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
2,673 people named Ginter have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 2,956 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 151 people named Ginter live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 83 people named Ginter.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
37 people named Ginter live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Ginter in American newspapers,
1888–1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,772 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ginter,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bogdan Marian Ginter 1916–2004 · military officer -
Marian Ginter 1921–1985 · inventor -
Lewis Ginter 1824–1897 · military officer
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Hermann Ginter 1889–1966 · Catholic priest
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Izabela Paszkiewicz-Ginter 1901– · pianist
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Zygmunt Ginter 1918–1964 · ice hockey player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ginter.
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