Grovan Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Grovan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grovan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway91:571,36544,190
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Grovan Last Name Facts

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

Grovan (Marathi: ोवान, Russian: Грован) is borne by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grovan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most frequent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Grovan is mostly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Grovan live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in Scandinavia.

Grovan is most commonly used in Norway, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 571,365. In Norway it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Norway this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 20 percent reside and Belarus, where 7 percent reside.

Grovan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Grovan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Grovan surname fell 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Grovan Last Name Statistics demography

Grovan earn around the same as the average income. In Norway they earn 0.92% more than the national average, earning 349,275 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grovane922/
Grovand920/
Gravan83313/
Groban83135/
Grevan8345/
Growan839/
Grovon832/
Grovam830/
Grossvand801/
Gravand77201/
Gravane7726/
Gravant7725/
Gravang7713/
Grévain7710/
Grevain775/
Gravain772/
Growgan772/
Grovone771/
Growane771/
Ghravan771/
Grobant770/
Greevan770/
Gravagne7138/
Gravaune7114/
Gravatin7110/
Grosbann711/
Gravantt711/
Graouhan711/
Gratvant710/
Graban671,555/
Grobon67492/
Grabon67280/
Grewan67256/
Grovom6779/
Gravon6740/
Grawan6736/
Grabanova6729/
Gravanova6719/
Grevon6714/
Grawon6712/
Grewon679/
Grosbayne679/
Grabonova673/
Graván673/
Grobanova672/
Gravam671/
Grévon671/

Grovan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grovan in the Marathi language
ोवानovana-
Grovan in the Russian language
Грованgrovan-

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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 Grovan
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