Gritze Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Gritze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Gritze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gritze Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gritze has its highest incidence in Germany. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gritze? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,772,636th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gritze live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Gritze is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 5,031,591. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 94 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 6 percent live. Beside Germany it exists in one country. It is also common in Switzerland, where 6 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 Gritze
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