Gribnitz Surname

1,453,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Gribnitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gribnitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany461:1,750,119100,509
United States431:8,429,278367,833
South Africa421:1,289,94571,309
Austria121:709,62061,025
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Gribnitz Last Name Facts

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

Gribnitz is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gribnitz.

How Common Is The Last Name Gribnitz? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,453,389th most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 39 percent of Gribnitz live; 39 percent live in Western Europe and 39 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 1,750,119. In Germany Gribnitz is most prevalent in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 33 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 13 percent reside. Not including Germany this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent reside and South Africa, where 29 percent reside.

Gribnitz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gribnitz has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 717 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gribnitz Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Gribnitz earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 83.02% more than the national average, earning R 434,928 per year and in United States they earn 22.37% less than the national average, earning $33,495 USD 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
  • 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 Gribnitz
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