Last Name GUNN

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Meaning	The son of Gawen, popularly Gunn. Gunson is well known in the Furness district of North Lancashire, and Gawen was till some time ago a font-name there. Local: From 'Gun,' a plain, a down or common; Welsh, 'gwaen.' "A person whose name was Gunn complained to a friend that his attorney, in his bill, had not let him off easily.' That's no wonder,' said his friend, 'as he charged you too high!' But this is not so good as an entry in the custom-house books of Edinburgh, where it appears that 'A,' meaning Alexander - 'A.Gunn was discharged for making a false report!' - Lower. Lower also tells us of a German named 'Feuerstein,' (fire-stone - the German for flint) who settled in the West when the French population prevailed in that quarter. His name, therefore, was changed into French 'Pierre a Fusil,' but in the course of time, the Anglo-American race became the prevalent one, and 'Pierre a Fusil' was again changed into 'Peter Gun.'

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Zimbabwean, Hungarian

Rank	1,475 (2000 US census)	1,274 (1990 US census)

Count	22,120 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

70.45%, or 15584 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
25.09%, or 5550 total occurrences, as black,
0.74%, or 164 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.55%, or 122 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.6%, or 354 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.57%, or 347 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...