Grotenburg Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Grotenburg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grotenburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany561:1,437,59788,094
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Grotenburg Last Name Facts

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

Grotenburg occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grotenburg? popularity and diffusion

Grotenburg is the 2,530,696th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. Grotenburg occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Grotenburg live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Grotenburg is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 1,437,597. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 95 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 2 percent live. Not including Germany Grotenburg exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 2 percent live and The Netherlands, where 2 percent live.

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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 Grotenburg
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