Find out how popular the last name Grunstein is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Grunstein.

Grunstein, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Grunstein surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Grunstein in America

Grunstein is the 119508th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Grunstein surname appeared 145 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Grunstein.

We can also compare 2010 data for Grunstein to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Grunstein

The surname GRUNSTEIN is of German origin, dating back to the late medieval period around the 13th century. It is derived from the Old German words "grun" meaning "green" and "stein" meaning "stone," likely referring to a person living near a green stone or rock formation.

The earliest known records of the GRUNSTEIN name appear in various town and village registers in the regions of Bavaria and Saxony. One notable mention is found in a 1457 land deed from the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, which references a "Hans Grunstein" as a landowner.

In the 16th century, the GRUNSTEIN name began to spread more widely throughout German-speaking regions, including areas of modern-day Austria and Switzerland. During this time, variations in spelling emerged, such as "Grünstein," "Grunstain," and "Grünstain."

One of the earliest documented individuals with the GRUNSTEIN surname was Johann Grunstein, a Lutheran theologian born in Nuremberg in 1617. He authored several influential works on theology and religious doctrine during the Protestant Reformation.

Another notable bearer of the name was Karl Grunstein (1781-1863), a Prussian military officer who served in the Napoleonic Wars and later became a respected military strategist and writer on tactics.

In the 19th century, the GRUNSTEIN name gained prominence in the arts and sciences. Friedrich Grunstein (1823-1891) was a renowned German painter known for his landscape and nature scenes, while his contemporary, Emil Grunstein (1828-1907), was a celebrated botanist and professor at the University of Berlin.

As the GRUNSTEIN family spread across Europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries, some members adopted variations like "Grünsteinberg" or "Grünsteiner" to differentiate themselves or reflect their place of origin.

One of the most famous individuals with the GRUNSTEIN surname was the German-American physicist and Nobel laureate, Max Grunstein (1879-1967), whose groundbreaking work on quantum mechanics and the photoelectric effect earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Grunstein

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Grunstein.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Grunstein was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Grunstein has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Grunstein was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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