Grether surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Grether surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 605 people carried this name — #36,900 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 3% from 622 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

202 people named Grether live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 41
Basel-Stadt 34
Zurich 32
Aargau 20
Fribourg 10
St. Gallen 10
Bern 10
Neuchâtel 9

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 59 people named Grether.

26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Tarn-et-Garonne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 26
Tarn-et-Garonne 6
Haut-Rhin 5
Seine-Saint-Denis 4
Vosges 4
Bas-Rhin 3
Moselle 2
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Loire 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 51 people named Grether 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

Buenos Aires Province 31
City of Buenos Aires 20

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Grether,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Georg Grether 1777–1846 · farmer
  • Carl Wilhelm Grether 1803–1890 · industrialist
  • Johann Karl Grether 1808–1887 · politician
  • Karl Friedrich Grether 1834–1897 · politician
  • Numa Grether 1839–1891 · politician
  • Johann Josef Grether 1840–1910 · mayor

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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