Grosskopf Surname

133,830th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,367 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Grosskopf Surname Definition:

“Large Head” in German.

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Grosskopf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3951:259,82724,536
Brazil9981:214,5038,272
Germany4111:195,87722,591
Austria901:94,61613,804
South Africa741:732,13151,520
Australia671:402,92132,505
England651:857,20145,134
Israel511:167,79717,113
Argentina451:949,85460,205
Switzerland451:182,50916,410
France381:1,747,966156,445
Uruguay171:201,86816,060
Czechia141:759,53467,321
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
China31:455,773,85521,925
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States671:749,53347,599

Grosskopf Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Large Head” in German.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) One with a large head.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This is a German surname, meaning 'big head'.

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Grosskopf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grosskopf (Russian: Гросскопф) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grosskopf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 133,830th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,164,403 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Grosskopf live; 41 percent live in North America and 41 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Grosskopf is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 1,395 people, or 1 in 259,827. In The United States Grosskopf is mostly concentrated in: Wisconsin, where 20 percent live, New York, where 10 percent live and Illinois, where 10 percent live. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 29 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 30 percent live and Germany, where 12 percent live.

Grosskopf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Grosskopf has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 2,082 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Grosskopf Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Grosskopf surname are 14.26% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.03% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Grosskopf earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 14.82% less than the national average, earning R 202,416 per year; in United States they earn 8.66% more than the national average, earning $46,887 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.77% more than the national average, earning $52,053 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Grosskopf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grosskopf in the Russian language
Гросскопфgrosskopf-

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