Griessenauer Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Griessenauer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Griessenauer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Austria41:2,128,85991,203

Griessenauer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Griessenauer occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Griessenauer.

How Common Is The Last Name Griessenauer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Griessenauer is the 5,587,209th most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Griessenauer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Griessenauer are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 10,063,182. In Germany it is mostly found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 88 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 13 percent live. Not including Germany this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Austria, where 33 percent live.

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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 Griessenauer
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