Grätz Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

The Grätz family name is well attested in modern population records. In Wikidata, Grätz is listed as a German surname. We do not guess at meanings: where the dictionaries are silent on Grätz, the family's own records come first. Spelling in old records was loose, so search for Grätz under several forms.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Grätz surname had 1,305 bearers. It sits within the 25,000 most common last names in the country. From 1891 to 2000, 125 births in France were registered under Grätz.

Sharing the Grätz name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families. Get the complete Grätz report, with a museum-style coat of arms.