The Gunderson surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,742 people carried this name — #2,624 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 13,583 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Gunderson surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Gundred’.

His entry covers Gundry, Grundy, Goundry and Gunderson.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 343 · public domain.

In print

Gunderson in American newspapers,
1907–1914.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Gunderson
Evening Star 1907-04-17
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Gunderson
Evening Star 1914-02-08
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Gunderson
The Washington Times 1910-03-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 37,488 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Gunderson in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1990s.

2,132 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gunderson. The most, 517, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 1,250
New South Wales 368
Victoria 181
Western Australia 151
South Australia 114
Tasmania 45
Northern Territory 7
ACT (Canberra) 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gunderson.

Who carried it

People named Gunderson,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carl Gunderson
    Carl Gunderson 1864–1933 · politician
  • Henry Gunderson
    Henry Gunderson 1878–1940 · lawyer
  • Einar Maynard Gunderson
    Einar Maynard Gunderson 1900–1980 · politician
  • Ted Gunderson
    Ted Gunderson 1928–2011 · private investigator
  • Fay Peck
    Fay Peck 1931–2016 · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Ted Gunderson: Ted Gunderson, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 59 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Gunderson,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,370 records

1,370 records of the Gunderson name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 387
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 348
  • Other U.S. records 635
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Osmund S. Gunderson

    Born 1913 in Wisconsin. Enlisted 1942 at Milwaukee; auto mechanic. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, King, Wisconsin.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Maria Gunderson

    Arrived at New York in 1887 aboard the City of Richmond from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; servant. From Copenkegan, Germany; bound for Massachusetts.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Gunder Peter Ri Gunderson

    Born 1941; from Walhalla, North Dakota. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; killed in action 1965 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,370 records for Gunderson in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia62 records

62 records of the Gunderson name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 33
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 16
  • Other Australian records 13
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Julia Gunderson

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the St Vincent, sailing from London in 1849. Native of Kilkenny.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Josephine Gunderson

    Arrived in Queensland in 1877 aboard the Lammershagen, aged 19.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Charles T. Gunderson

    Metallurgist of Doncaster, Victoria; died 1972.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 62 records for Gunderson in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada33 records

33 records of the Gunderson name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 13
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 7
  • Other Canadian records 13
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Harold Gunderson

    Buried in 1970 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 94.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Gunderson

    Died 1971 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 67.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Austin Ole Gunderson

    Died in service in 1943.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 33 records for Gunderson in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands19 records

19 records of the Gunderson name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 13
  • Dutch population registers 6
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johan Arent Lodewijk Gunderson

    Married in 1895 in Amsterdam; workman. Died 1957 in Utrecht, aged 86.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Enoch Gunderson

    Died 1815 in Vlissingen rede, aged 36.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Jan Gunderson

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1901 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Alkmaar (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 19 records for Gunderson in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

New Zealand7 records

7 records of the Gunderson name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Theodore Gunderson

    Died 1929, aged 80; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Albert Charlie Gunderson

    Died 1916, aged 36; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Margaret Nora Gunderson

    Died 1926, aged 71; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Gunderson in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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