Gurtner
surname · Latin script
Meaning: habitational name for someone from Gurten in Bavaria
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɡɝtnɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gurtner is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 168K(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 190K
- CHSwitzerland1 in 4.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Switzerland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 148 (measured from records)
- 1 in 4.7K (inferred from the name graph)
1,779 people, 2024
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Gürtner in DE Germany.
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)
habitational name for someone from Gurten in Bavaria.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gurtner 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 | #556 | 1,779 | 1 in 4.7K | 1.8K | Gurtner | 51 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 168K | listed | Gürtner | 45 |
| FR France | — | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 190K | 72 | Gurtner | 128 |
| AO Angola | — | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 94K | — | Gurtner | 1 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Gurtner | 34 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 143K | — | Gurtner | 2 |
1,779 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: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Verena Gurtnerb. 1922CHSwiss economist, journalist, and mountaineer (1922-2025)
- Rudolf Gurtnerb. 1927ATAustrian politician (1927-2019)
- Barbara Gurtnerb. 1943CHSwiss politician
- Ulrich Gurtnerb. 1956CHSwiss association football player
- Daniel M Gurtnerb. 1973USAmerican biblical scholar and academic
- Gérald Gurtnerb. 1983FRFrench physicist (1983-)
- Régis Gurtnerb. 1986FRfootballer
- Andrea Gurtnerb. 2001ATAustrian association football player
- Geoffrey C. GurtnerAmerican microsurgeon
- Jérôme Gurtnerjurist
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 16 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 1.8K | #562 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 72 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 67 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 60 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 58 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 45 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 37 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 30 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 28 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 26 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 12 | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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
- What does the name Gurtner mean, and where does it come from?
- habitational name for someone from Gurten in Bavaria. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Gurtner?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡɝtnɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Gurtner have the most bearers?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted about 1.8 thousand people named Gurtner, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gurtner.
- Where is Gurtner most common?
- Gurtner is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 4.7 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Gurtner?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 1,779 people named Gurtner in 2024, about 1 in 4.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Gurtner compared with other names?
- In Switzerland, Gurtner is the 556th 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/gurtnerThe 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, “Gurtner” — the 556th most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.