Grassow Surname

1,001,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 255 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Grassow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grassow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1911:421,49538,230
South Africa531:1,022,22162,590
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England21:27,859,030389,889
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Grassow Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Grassow Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Grassow is found most frequently in Germany. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grassow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,001,271st most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 76 percent of Grassow reside; 75 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 191 people, or 1 in 421,495. In Germany it is most numerous in: Brandenburg, where 41 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent reside and Berlin, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Germany this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 21 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Grassow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Grassow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Grassow last name rose 120 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grassow Last Name Statistics demography

Grassow earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 2.7% more than the national average, earning R 244,044 per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Grassow
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