The Gschwind surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 385 people carried this name — #53,667 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is down 4% from 401 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Gschwind surname
Borrowed from German Gschwind, itself from Bavarian or Alemannic German.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gschwind» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
962 people named Gschwind live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 295 people named Gschwind.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 82 people named Gschwind 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 Santa Fe.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gschwind.
- 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
- Grzybowski 1,506 · U.S. census
- Gsell 717 · U.S. census
- Gual 231 · U.S. census
- Gualandi 163 · U.S. census
- Gualano 242 · U.S. census
- Gualtieri 1,298 · U.S. census
- Guardia 705 · U.S. census
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