Grützner

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Berufsname zu Grütze; -er-Derivat

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

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

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 44K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 2.3Mas Gruetzner
  • CHSwitzerland1 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 Grützner 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)

≈1,800 people, est.

Sources
110 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 44K (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 Gruetzner in US United States, CH Switzerland, ML Mali and Grutzner in AU Australia, 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)

recorded in German

Berufsname zu Grütze; -er-Derivat. Belege: 1097+14, 73.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Grützner 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 Grützner is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈1,800 est.≈1 in 44KlistedGrützner59
US United States146as Gruetzner1 in 2.3M146Gruetzner110
ML Mali≈130 est.≈1 in 151K—Gruetzner1
CH Switzerland531 in 159K53Gruetzner8
AU Australia≈43 est.≈1 in 594K—Grutzner32
BZ Belize≈2 est.≈1 in 209K—Grutzner1

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: the dfa-band-3 register; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

Grützner is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Grutzner

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Grutzner

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland

    Also written Grutzner

  • Norwegian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Grutzner

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Grutzner

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Grutzner

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Grutzner

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Grutzner

7 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)

1400160018002000Augulus Grützner, b. 1550Emil Grützner, b. 1841Eduard von Grützner, b. 1846Paul Grützner, b. 1847Walther Grützner, b. 1881Heinrich Grützner, b. 1905Erich Grützner, b. 1910Lothar Grützner, b. 1926Stefan Grützner, b. 1948Rosemarie Grützner, b. 2000

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 Grützner, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Grützner
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202453#17,837
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 3———

Reference works 3

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 Grützner?
A machine transcription gives /ɡʁʏtsnɐ/ (IPA) for German.
What does the name Grützner mean?
Recorded meaning: Berufsname zu Grütze; -er-Derivat.
In which country does Grützner have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.8 thousand people named Grützner in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled grützner.
How common is the name Grützner?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 53 people named Grützner in 2024, about 1 in 159 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, “Grützner”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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