The Gaertner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,918 people carried this name — #15,303 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 153,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,833 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 416 people named Gaertner.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
101 people named Gaertner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 147 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Gaertner in American newspapers,
1924–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,847 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gaertner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gustav Gärtner 1855–1937 · physician -
Gustav Gaertner 1807–1842 · professor
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Gustav Gaertner 1807–1841 · professor
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Rudolf Gaertner 1817–1880 · publisher
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Rudolf Gaertner 1817–1880 · publisher
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August Gaertner 1848– · military physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gaertner.
- Gad 858 · U.S. census
- Gadbois 1,332 · U.S. census
- Gade 1,358 · U.S. census
- Gadea 693 · U.S. census
- Gaden 236 · U.S. census
- Gady 223 · U.S. census
- Gaestel 110 · U.S. census
- Gaeta 4,688 · U.S. census
- Gaetan 232 · U.S. census
- Gage 16,614 · U.S. census
- Gager 1,261 · U.S. census
- Gaggini 101 · U.S. census
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