The Gruszka surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 636 people carried this name — #35,395 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 9% from 584 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Gruszka surname
From gruszka (“pear”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gruszka» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
11,148 people named Gruszka have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 12,603 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 Silesian.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 87 people named Gruszka.
27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 41 people named Gruszka 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 21 people named Gruszka 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
25 people named Gruszka 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 Gruszka,
with a public archive behind them.
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Franciszek Gruszka 1910–1940 · military officer -
Barbara Gruszka d. 2015 · researcher
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Jan Gruszka 1810–1891
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Bruno Gruszka 1881–1941 · politician
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Józef Gruszka 1890–1937 · military personnel
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Sylwester Gruszka 1891–1956
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gruszka.
- 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
- Grutter 138 · U.S. census
- Grzegorczyk 366 · U.S. census
- Grzelak 629 · U.S. census
- Grzesiak 398 · U.S. census
- Grzeskowiak 507 · U.S. census
- Grzyb 759 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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