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

The Gruner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,164 people carried this name — #22,183 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted. That is down 12% from 1,327 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

283 people named Gruner have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 374 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Silesian 163
Opole 65
Lower Silesian 33
Masovian 11
Lesser Poland 5
Lubusz 2
Łódź 2
Greater Poland 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 234 people named Gruner.

23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 23
Bas-Rhin 109
Paris 19
Meuse 19
Haut-Rhin 17
Moselle 8
Saône-et-Loire 6
Meurthe-et-Moselle 6
Loiret 5

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

228 people named Gruner live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Aargau 50
Zurich 49
Bern 38
Basel-Landschaft 23
Basel-Stadt 16
St. Gallen 14
Vaud 12
Solothurn 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 Argentina’s national register

At least 35 people named Gruner 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 13
City of Buenos Aires 12
Misiones 10

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

In the Nordic population registers

170 people named Gruner are counted in Finland and Sweden.

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

Finland (2026) 91
Sweden (2022) 79

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.

Who carried it

People named Gruner,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Rudolf Gruner
    Johann Rudolf Gruner 1680–1761 · writer
  • Johann Michael Gruner d. 1766 · theologian
  • Wolfgang Ernst Gruner d. 1626 · theologian
  • Christoph Gruner 1551–1606 · parson
  • Gabriel Gruner 1703–1777
  • Johann Gruner 1711–1780

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

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