# Gruen (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gruen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,227 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,348 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 251,626 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.2% (1,268 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Jewish and German surname, from the adjective grün (“green”). Compare Grün. Doublet of green.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gruen in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gruen in Austria and the United States.

## People named Gruen

- Victor Gruen, Austrian architect (1903-1980)
- Bob Gruen, American photographer
- Erich S. Gruen, American historian

## Similar surnames

Green, Greene, Guerin, Gurney, Garren, Gran, Groen, Greeno, Greaney, Groene, Gurnee, Geren.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.