How common is the surname Grunewald?

1,738 people in the United States had the surname Grunewald in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,644 Americans. It ranked 16,525th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Grunewald?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Grunewald identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Grunewald?

Gabriele Grunewald, American middle- and long-distance runner.

Where is the surname Grunewald most common?

Wikidata records people named Grunewald in the United States.

Is the surname Grunewald getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,777 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,738 in 2010, down 2.2%.

The surname Grunewald

A surname, carried by 1,738 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G654

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grunewald is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,738 people named Grunewald in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,644 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,777.

#16,525

rank among US surnames

1,738

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.2%

change since 2000 (was #15,207)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,519	Kin	1,739	177,542
#16,525	Carnegie	1,738	177,644
#16,534	Cluck	1,737	177,746

Who is named Grunewald

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Grunewald identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Two or more races 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Grunewalds

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gabriele Grunewald
American middle- and long-distance runner, 1986–2019

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grunewald

Grunewald has the Soundex code G654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G654.

Questions

How common is the surname Grunewald?: 1,738 people in the United States had the surname Grunewald in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,644 Americans. It ranked 16,525th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grunewald?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Grunewald identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Grunewald?: Gabriele Grunewald, American middle- and long-distance runner.
Where is the surname Grunewald most common?: Wikidata records people named Grunewald in the United States.
Is the surname Grunewald getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,777 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,738 in 2010, down 2.2%.