Grütter
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Familienname mit -er/-s-Form zu Grütze; Variantenbelege: 198+48
/ɡʁʏtɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Grütter is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 2.2Mas Gruetter(measured from records)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 5.2K
- NLNetherlands1 in 159K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Grütter itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Switzerland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 98 (measured from records)
- 1 in 5.2K (inferred from the name graph)
1,620 people, 2024
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Grutter in US United States, FR France, NL Netherlands and 1 more and Gruetter in BZ Belize.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Familienname mit -er/-s-Form zu Grütze; Variantenbelege: 198+48.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Grütter counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | #722 | 1,620 | 1 in 5.2K | 1.6K | Grütter | 32 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 230K | listed | Grütter | 34 |
| US United States | — | 148as Gruetter | 1 in 2.2M | 149 | Grutter | 98 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 109 | 1 in 159K | 109 | Grutter | 11 |
| FR France | — | ≈68 est. | ≈1 in 997K | 6 | Grutter | 65 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 593K | — | Grutter | 5 |
| BZ Belize | — | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 56K | — | Gruetter | 1 |
1,620 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); the dfa-band-3 register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Grütter is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Berufsname zu Wirte, Getränkehändler; 198 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Berufsname: Grützer/Hersteller von Grütze.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Occupational surname: likely 'Bierbrauer' (also glossed 'Grützmacher'); from mnd. grütter/grütēr(e) with Grut. Bearer count: 198.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alfred Grütterb. 1860CHsport shooter (1860-1937)
- Louise Grütterb. 1879CH(1879-1959)
- Karl Grütterb. 1890CHSwiss politician (born 1890)
- Fritz Grütterb. 1901CHSwiss politician (1901-1984)
- Alfred Grütterb. 1907CHSwiss politician (1907-1964)
- Folke Gottfrid Grütterb. 1915SESwedish painter (1915-1966)
- Wilhelm Grütterb. 1936ZASouth African writer
- Peter Grütterb. 1942CHSwiss figure skater and coach
- Martin Grütterb. 1983DEGerman composer
- Reto Grütterb. 1984CHSwiss motorcycle racer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 1.6K | #632 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 3 | — | — | — |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 5 | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Grütter?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡʁʏtɐ/ (IPA) for German.
- What does the name Grütter mean?
- Recorded meaning: Familienname mit -er/-s-Form zu Grütze; Variantenbelege: 198+48.
- In which country does Grütter have the most bearers?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted about 1.6 thousand people named Grütter, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled grütter.
- Where is Grütter most common?
- Grütter is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 5.2 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Grütter?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 1,620 people named Grütter in 2024, about 1 in 5.2 thousand residents.
- How common is Grütter compared with other names?
- In Switzerland, Grütter is the 722nd most common surname of 127,759 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gr%C3%BCtterThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Grütter” — the 722nd most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.