Grendel Surname

298,749th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,274 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Grendel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grendel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4531:177,71620,837
Slovakia2241:23,8233,939
Netherlands1321:127,93319,924
Brazil1261:1,699,00355,624
United States1111:3,265,396186,924
Poland791:481,12348,113
France481:1,383,807136,859
Canada311:1,188,56786,017
Norway161:321,39331,311
Czechia121:886,12273,425
Belarus101:950,10668,851
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Iran81:9,597,816173,045
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Grendèl (1) are calculated separately.

Grendel (177) may also be a first name.

Grendel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Grendel (Russian: Грендель) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Grendèl. Click here for further possible spellings of Grendel.

How Common Is The Last Name Grendel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Grendel is the 298,749th most common family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 5,720,209 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Grendel live; 50 percent live in Western Europe and 46 percent live in Germanic Europe. Grendel is also the 685,598th most commonly held forename at a global level. It is borne by 177 people.

The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 453 people, or 1 in 177,716. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 48 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 21 percent live and Bremen, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this surname exists in 22 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 18 percent live and The Netherlands, where 10 percent live.

Grendel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Grendel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Grendel last name increased 2,220 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Grendel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Grendel are 21.09% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.86% registered with the political party.

The amount Grendel earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 28.97% less than the national average, earning 245,830 kr per year; in United States they earn 9.81% less than the national average, earning $38,915 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.2% less than the national average, earning $45,608 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grendèl951/
Grendell93258/
Gruendel93245/
Greendel931/
Grndel924/
Gruendell8855/
Gründel862,855/
Grindel861,128/
Gruendl86142/
Griendl8634/
Gryndel865/
Grűndel862/
Gremdel862/
Grendelová82151/
Grendelova827/
Grindell80692/
Gröndell801/
Gründell801/
Grendill800/
Gründl771,216/
Grindl7757/
Grűndl772/
Grędel771/
Gründelová718/
Grűndelová713/
Grińdel711/
Grindill670/
Gründlová6334/
Grűndlová6315/
Grindlová633/

Grendel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grendel in the Russian language
Грендельgrendel-

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Grendel Reference & Research

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Grendel
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