Grüning

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Herkunfts-/Wohnstättenname zu zahlreichen Toponymen; zeigt u/Ue- bzw

/ɡʁynɪŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Grüning is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 50K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 2.9Mas Gruening
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 58K

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 Grüning 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.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,600 people, est.

Sources
109 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 50K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Gruening in AR Argentina, CH Switzerland, FI Finland and Gruning in US United States, ZA South Africa.

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)

recorded in German

Herkunfts-/Wohnstättenname zu zahlreichen Toponymen; zeigt u/Ue- bzw. ü-Varianten in -ing/-inger. Bearer count: 1780.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Grüning 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.

Where Grüning is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈1,600 est.≈1 in 50K—Grüning56
US United States114as Gruening1 in 2.9M150Gruning109
ZA South Africa≈81 est.≈1 in 694K—Gruning7
DK Denmark591 in 99K59——
AR Argentina561 in 812K56Gruening1
FI Finland≈30 est.≈1 in 185K—Gruening2
CH Switzerland291 in 290K29Gruening4
EE Estonia≈21 est.≈1 in 58K15Grüning2

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; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Grüning is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Danish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, United States

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Gruning

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Dominican Republic, Guatemala

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Gruning

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gruning

  • Estonian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia

    Also written Gruning

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Gruning

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Gruning

8 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Georg Grüning, b. 1862Martin Grüning, b. 1869Ilka Grüning, b. 1876Dietrich Grüning, b. 1940Uwe Grüning, b. 1942Gita Grüning, b. 1949Uwe Grüning, b. 1956

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)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Grüning, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Grüning
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—59#9,048
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202429#28,044
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—15#7,570
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—14#7,886
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—11—

Reference works 4

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 Grüning?
A machine transcription gives /ɡʁynɪŋ/ (IPA) for German.
What does the name Grüning mean?
Recorded meaning: Herkunfts-/Wohnstättenname zu zahlreichen Toponymen; zeigt u/Ue- bzw.
In which country does Grüning have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.6 thousand people named Grüning in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled grüning.
How common is the name Grüning?
In Denmark, the national register counted 59 people named Grüning, about 1 in 99 thousand residents.

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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, “Grüning”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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