The Gurtner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 250 people carried this name — #76,768 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 26% from 338 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,765 people named Gurtner live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 156 people named Gurtner.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 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 print
Gurtner in American newspapers,
1912–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gurtner.
- Gunst 341 · U.S. census
- Gunther 7,882 · U.S. census
- Guntz 122 · U.S. census
- Guo 12,048 · U.S. census
- Gur 218 · U.S. census
- Gurtler 379 · U.S. census
- Gusse 167 · U.S. census
- Gustave 1,124 · U.S. census
- Gustin 4,832 · U.S. census
- Guston 112 · U.S. census
- Gut 654 · U.S. census
- Gutfreund 170 · U.S. census
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