Gronningen Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Gronningen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gronningen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Gronningen Last Name Facts

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

Gronningen is borne by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gronningen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Gronningen is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Gronningen are found; 40 percent are found in Northern Europe and 40 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most numerous in Norway, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,285,572. In Norway it is most frequent in: Eastern Norway, where 75 percent live and Central Norway, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account Norway this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent live and France, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Groningen95259/
Groeningen9051/
Grunningen901/
Gronengen840/
Greuningen8010/
Grenängen749/
Granängen747/
Grangen712/
Grangien6781/
Grangent6736/
Grangin5921/
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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 Gronningen
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