The Grunwald surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,356 people carried this name — #13,034 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 125,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 2,123 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Grunwald surname
A male surname from German.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Grünwald» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
1,265 people named Grunwald have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,464 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 Pomeranian.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
225 people named Grunwald live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 96 people named Grunwald 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Grunwald.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 35 people named Grunwald 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 Antwerp.
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
50 people named Grunwald 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
Grunwald in American newspapers,
1870–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,932 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Grunwald.
- Grunder 610 · U.S. census
- Gruneisen 136 · 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
- Gruss 730 · U.S. census
- Gruszka 636 · U.S. census
- Grutter 138 · U.S. census
- Grzegorczyk 366 · U.S. census
- Grzelak 629 · U.S. census
- Grzesiak 398 · U.S. census
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