Gronostay Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gronostay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gronostay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1491:540,30544,986
Austria91:946,15970,786
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Gronostay Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gronostay is found most frequently in Germany. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gronostay? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gronostay is the 1,369,340th most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gronostay live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 540,305. In Germany Gronostay is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 30 percent reside, Berlin, where 28 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany Gronostay exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 6 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gronosta941/
Gronostaj891,018/
Gronostau891/
Grunostaj781/
Gronastaj781/
Granostyy781/
Gronotte71171/
Granesta712/
Groonotte671/
Gronnotte671/
Granata6322,545/
Granote638/
Granaty632/
Granatta59101/
Granatty5931/
Granotti5920/
Grannata594/
Granatas591/
Granotich5633/
Gragnotti561/
Grannatty561/
Granatych561/
Granasztói5312/
Granati501,120/
Granate50181/
Granāte501/

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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
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  • 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 Gronostay
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