Grostete Surname

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

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Grostete Surname Definition:

(French), Big head. (variant: Breithaupt and Kops.)

Grostete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France101:6,642,272293,169
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Grostete Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(French), Big head. (variant: Breithaupt and Kops.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Grostete Last Name Facts

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

The last name Grostete occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grostete? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most widely held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Grostete live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most widely held in France, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 6,642,272. In France Grostete is most prevalent in: Brittany, where 80 percent are found, Occitanie, where 10 percent are found and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grosstete941/
Grostate8871/
Grostedt883/
Grosstet880/
Grotet862/
Grostieta8251/
Grastet801/
Grotets801/
Grosted800/
Grasteit75138/
Grotteti751/
Grotheth750/
Gratet7147/
Gradstedt716/
Grattet6741/
Gratiet6729/
Grottesti591/
Grouthedd590/
Grated571/
Gratit570/
Grootheest5633/
Grastaitis561/
Gratiot53521/
Grathed531/
Grusztajtis531/
Gratuit531/
Gratita531/
Gratist530/
Gratuita508/
Gratuity503/
Gratuiti501/
Gratisti501/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Grostete
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