The Gruneisen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 136 people carried this name — #126,018 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 7% from 127 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 129 people named Gruneisen.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 23 people named Gruneisen 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 City of Buenos Aires.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
22 people named Gruneisen live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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.
Who carried it
People named Gruneisen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sam Gruneisen 1941–2012 · American football player
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Jean Gruneisen 1970– · corporate administrative and commercial executive
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gruneisen.
- Grumbach 267 · U.S. census
- Grumet 302 · U.S. census
- Grun 326 · U.S. census
- Grunberg 363 · U.S. census
- Grund 1,550 · U.S. census
- Grunder 610 · U.S. census
- Grunenwald 224 · U.S. census
- Gruner 1,164 · U.S. census
- Grunewald 1,738 · U.S. census
- Gruninger 205 · U.S. census
- Grunwald 2,356 · U.S. census
- Gruss 730 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Gruneisen is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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