Grossmann Surname

37,906th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,890 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Grossmann Surname Definition:

(German) The large or fat man.

Grossmann Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6,4691:12,4451,610
United States2,0541:176,46517,705
Switzerland1,4561:5,641863
France8971:74,05010,369
Austria6391:13,3261,921
Brazil5491:389,93514,895
Czechia4401:24,1673,757
Poland1751:217,19328,426
Argentina981:436,15732,981
England921:605,63136,119
Denmark831:68,0096,785
Canada821:449,33638,948
Estonia731:18,1073,073
Australia621:435,41534,362
Sweden621:158,81911,058
Hungary611:160,92314,302
Belgium591:194,85825,672
Slovakia561:95,29418,290
South Africa521:1,041,87963,251
Venezuela481:629,25211,082
Chile461:382,96710,457
Thailand381:1,858,904228,660
Mexico301:4,137,54026,679
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Peru271:1,177,19020,369
Norway241:214,26224,079
Spain221:2,125,09354,547
Italy221:2,779,84997,128
Luxembourg221:26,3884,799
Ecuador171:935,63814,108
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Liechtenstein41:9,5941,348
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
China21:683,660,78330,601
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1861:269,99321,996

The alternate forms: Grössmann (12) are calculated separately.

Grossmann Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) The large or fat man.

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

Grossmann Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grossmann (Georgian: გროსსმანნ, Russian: Гроссманн) occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Grössmann. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grossmann? popularity and diffusion

It is the 37,906th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 524,661 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 77 percent of Grossmann reside; 69 percent reside in Western Europe and 61 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 6,469 people, or 1 in 12,445. In Germany Grossmann is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 20 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent are found and Bavaria, where 12 percent are found. Beside Germany it is found in 71 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Switzerland, where 10 percent are found.

Grossmann Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Grossmann has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Grossmann last name expanded 1,104 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grossmann Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Grossmann last name are 12.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.1% being registered with the party.

The amount Grossmann earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 16.11% more than the national average, earning 401,833 kr per year; in Peru they earn 37.95% more than the national average, earning S/. 26,741 per year; in South Africa they earn 80.19% more than the national average, earning R 428,208 per year; in United States they earn 18.1% more than the national average, earning $50,960 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.52% more than the national average, earning $50,937 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Grossmann Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grossmann in the Georgian language
გროსსმანნgrossmann-
Grossmann in the Russian language
Гроссманнgrossmann-

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