Grünspan
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Is the green of Spain, a pigment of copper, which was imported in Germany from Spain
Grünspan is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- CRCosta Rica1 in 1M(measured from records)
- USUnited States≈1 in 3.8M
- CACanada≈1 in 5.2M
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 Grünspan 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.
- United States (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 63 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.0M (inferred from the name graph)
≈88 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Costa Rica
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Grunspan in US United States, GB United Kingdom, IN India and Gruenspan in CA Canada, NL Netherlands.
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)
Is the green of Spain, a pigment of copper, which was imported in Germany from Spain. Used as a colouring or as a drug.
Sources 1
- The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Grünspan 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | ≈88 est. | ≈1 in 3.8M | listed | Grunspan | 63 |
| IN India | ≈26 est. | ≈1 in 51M | — | Grunspan | 1 |
| CA Canada | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 5.2M | — | Gruenspan | 11 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 2.5M | — | Gruenspan | 2 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 10M | listed | Grunspan | 7 |
| CR Costa Rica | 5 | 1 in 1M | 5 | — | — |
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: TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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)
Grünspan is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, copper acetate, Cuprum aceticum
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Herschel Grynszpanb. 1921PLnot in their usual namePolish Jewish resistance fighter
- Alan Greenspanb. 1926USnot in their usual nameAmerican economist and financial advisor (1926–2026)
- Bud Greenspanb. 1926USnot in their usual nameAmerican film director, writer, and producer (1926–2010)
- Stanley Greenspanb. 1941USnot in their usual nameAmerican psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (1941–2010)
- Jerry Greenspanb. 1941USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player (1941-2019)
- Edward Greenspanb. 1944CAnot in their usual nameCanadian lawyer and prolific author of legal volumes
- Patricia Greenspanb. 1944USnot in their usual nameAmerican philosopher
- David Greenspanb. 1956USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
- Jason Alexanderb. 1959USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor, comedian, director and television host
- Melissa Greenspanb. 1983USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.
Reference works 1
- 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
- Where does the name Grünspan come from?
- Is the green of Spain, a pigment of copper, which was imported in Germany from Spain. Used as a colouring or as a drug. Recorded by The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History.
- What does the name Grünspan mean?
- Recorded meaning: Is the green of Spain, a pigment of copper, which was imported in Germany from Spain.
- In which country does Grünspan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 88 people named Grünspan in the United States, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled grunspan.
- Where is Grünspan most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Grünspan is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 1.0 million people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Grünspan?
- In Costa Rica, the national register counted 5 people named Grünspan, about 1 in 1.0 million 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, “Grünspan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.