Grotewal Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Grotewal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grotewal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
Germany151:5,367,031196,901

Grotewal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grotewal is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Grotewal.

How Common Is The Last Name Grotewal? popularity and diffusion

Grotewal is the 3,017,195th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Grotewal reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Grotewal is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 625,451. In The Netherlands it is most common in: North Holland, where 100 percent live. Not including The Netherlands this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 36 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grootewal9424/
Grotewahl9414/
Grotewald9412/
Grotewol882/
Grotewohl8296/
Groteweil824/
Grotewolh820/
Grotewohlt783/
Grottewold781/
Grotewhole780/
Gretewohl710/
Gratewohl710/
Grathewohl677/
Grathewold670/
Gratival63121/
Grativald594/
Grativol50763/

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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 Grotewal
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