The Gunst surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 341 people carried this name — #59,324 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is down 3% from 352 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 493 people named Gunst live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 94 people named Gunst.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Nord.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 40 people named Gunst 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 Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gunst.
- Gulino 1,311 · U.S. census
- Gulli 415 · U.S. census
- Gullo 2,280 · U.S. census
- Gully 2,107 · U.S. census
- Gumbs 1,885 · U.S. census
- Gungor 267 · U.S. census
- Gunther 7,882 · U.S. census
- Guntz 122 · U.S. census
- Guo 12,048 · U.S. census
- Gur 218 · U.S. census
- Gurtler 379 · U.S. census
- Gurtner 250 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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