The Gratz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,305 people carried this name — #20,364 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted. That is down 32% from 1,910 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Gratz surname
From the German surname, from the city Graz in Austria. Also from a personal name from Old High German gratag (“greedy”), which could ultimately be from Proto-West Germanic *gernō; see Dutch gretig (“eager”). Also shortened from Pankratz.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gratz» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 57 people named Gratz 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.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 53 people named Gratz.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
48 people named Gratz live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Gratz in American newspapers,
1909–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 29,105 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gratz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Richea Myers‐Cohen Gratz 1731–1801 -
Barnard Gratz 1738–1801 · merchant -
Rebecca Gratz 1781–1869 · writer -
Benjamin Gratz 1792–1884 -
Benjamin Gratz 1792–1884 -
Peter Aloys Gratz 1769–1849 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gratz.
- Grat 122 · U.S. census
- Grathwohl 364 · U.S. census
- Gratias 116 · U.S. census
- Gratiot 101 · U.S. census
- Graton 204 · U.S. census
- Gratton 2,231 · U.S. census
- Grau 5,365 · U.S. census
- Graul 856 · U.S. census
- Graupner 219 · U.S. census
- Grava 142 · U.S. census
- Grave 705 · U.S. census
- Gravel 2,232 · U.S. census
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