What We Know About the Ganter Surname

Ganter is easy to measure, thanks to official name counts. Ganter ranked 26,814 in the 2010 US Census, with 907 people answering to the name. It sits within the 50,000 most common last names in the country. French birth records list 558 children named Ganter between 1891 and 2000.

Where the name comes from

Census returns, passenger lists and civil registers are the best places to follow a Ganter line back. We do not guess at meanings: where the dictionaries are silent on Ganter, the family's own records come first.

Ganter coat of arms

Sharing the Ganter name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

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