The Gartner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,694 people carried this name — #6,034 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,800 people counted. That is up 11% from 5,131 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
485 people named Gartner live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 442 people named Gartner 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 266 people named Gartner.
66 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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
50 people named Gartner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 116 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 the Nordic population registers
202 people named Gartner is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Gartner in American newspapers,
1898–1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 41,911 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gartner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Christian Gartner 1642–1716 · merchant -
Simon Gartner d. 1611 · painter
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Andreas Gartner d. 1643 · lexicographer
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Güttel Lazarus Gartner d. 1759
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Aron Lazarus Gartner d. 1762
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Jörg Gartner 1400– · artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gartner.
- Garro 1,002 · U.S. census
- Garron 586 · U.S. census
- Garrone 196 · U.S. census
- Garry 3,439 · U.S. census
- Garsia 1,208 · U.S. census
- Garson 931 · U.S. census
- Gary 22,310 · U.S. census
- Garzon 4,450 · U.S. census
- Gas 148 · U.S. census
- Gasch 360 · U.S. census
- Gasche 215 · U.S. census
- Gasco 320 · U.S. census
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