The Gwinner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 415 people carried this name — #50,362 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is down 1% from 419 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 114 people named Gwinner.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 Poland’s population register
22 people named Gwinner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 30 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Gwinner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Philipp Friedrich Gwinner 1796–1868 · politician -
Wilhelm Heinrich von Gwinner 1801–1866 · university teacher -
Wilhelm Gwinner 1825–1917 · writer
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Robert Gwinner 1845–1917 · technician
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Arthur von Gwinner 1856–1931 · politician
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Volker Gwinner 1912–2004 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gwinner.
When the index is not enough
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