The Grunewald surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,738 people carried this name — #16,525 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 169,500 people counted. That is down 2% from 1,777 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 292 people named Grunewald.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 200 people named Grunewald 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.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
80 people named Grunewald live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 36 people named Grunewald 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 West Flanders.
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 the Nordic population registers
123 people named Grunewald 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).
In print
Grunewald in American newspapers,
1903–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,892 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Grunewald,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gustav Grunewald 1805–1878 · photographer -
Gustav Grunewald 1805–1878 · photographer
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Theodor Grunewald 1864–1942
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Robert Grunewald 1867–1943
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Arthur Grunewald 1902–1985 · politician
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Heinrich Grunewald 1905–1975 · jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Grunewald.
- 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
- Gruninger 205 · U.S. census
- Grunwald 2,356 · U.S. census
- Gruss 730 · U.S. census
- Gruszka 636 · U.S. census
- Grutter 138 · U.S. census
- Grzegorczyk 366 · U.S. census
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