The Gruber surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,131 people carried this name — #2,558 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 13,903 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,385 people named Gruber live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 709 people named Gruber.
90 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Bas-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 Argentina’s national register
At least 552 people named Gruber 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 Misiones.
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 Poland’s population register
258 people named Gruber have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 375 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
157 people named Gruber are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Gruber in American newspapers,
1866–1941.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 273,709 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gruber,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wolfgang Walter Gruber 1589–1655 · jurist -
Johannes Gruber 1640–1710 · politician -
Anton Gruber 1783–1834 · cobbler -
David Gruber 1825–1880 · industrialist -
Leopold Gruber 1841–1920
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 244 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gruber.
- Grosso 4,069 · U.S. census
- Grosz 1,573 · U.S. census
- Grotzinger 199 · U.S. census
- Grout 2,022 · U.S. census
- Groux 187 · U.S. census
- Grub 195 · U.S. census
- Grudzien 450 · U.S. census
- Grue 259 · U.S. census
- Gruel 450 · U.S. census
- Gruer 112 · U.S. census
- Grumbach 267 · U.S. census
- Grumet 302 · U.S. census
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