Grotgans Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Grotgans Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Grotgans Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grotgans Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Grotgans is borne by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Grotgans? popularity and diffusion
Grotgans is the 5,812,366th most widespread last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Grotgans reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most widespread in Switzerland, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 821,292. In Switzerland Grotgans is most numerous in: Canton of Bern, where 80 percent live, Canton of St Gallen, where 10 percent live and Canton of Zürich, where 10 percent live. Other than Switzerland this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grotans | 93 | 30 | / |
| Grothans | 88 | 1 | / |
| Grotegansey | 84 | 1 | / |
| Grote Gansey | 80 | 36 | / |
| Grote-Gansey | 80 | 2 | / |
| Grotāns | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gartaganis | 78 | 108 | / |
| Grosteins | 71 | 22 | / |
| Grošteins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Carteganas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gratkins | 63 | 15 | / |
| Cartaganese | 63 | 2 | / |
| Cortacans | 59 | 174 | / |
| Cortecans | 59 | 28 | / |
| Korotkins | 59 | 11 | / |
| Gratanche | 59 | 1 | / |
| Cartaquenas | 53 | 1 | / |
| Grudkins | 50 | 1 | / |
| Carty-Caines | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Grotgans
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