The Grun surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 326 people carried this name — #61,585 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is down 9% from 357 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 472 people named Grun.
57 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
169 people named Grun live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
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 167 people named Grun 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 92 people named Grun live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
58 people named Grun have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 117 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
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
49 people named Grun 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).
Who carried it
People named Grun,
with a public archive behind them.
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Margaret G. Kibben 1960– · military officer -
Simon Grunaeus 1564–1628 · pastor
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Bernard Grun 1901–1972 · composer
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Richard Grun 1938– · ice hockey player
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Stella Maris Grun 1951– · botanical collector
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Margarita Grun 1954– · athletics competitor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Grun.
- 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
- Grunberg 363 · U.S. census
- Grund 1,550 · U.S. census
- Grunder 610 · U.S. census
- Gruneisen 136 · U.S. census
- Grunenwald 224 · U.S. census
- Gruner 1,164 · U.S. census
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