Gruf Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Gruf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gruf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia261:205,24833,808
Russia141:10,294,504334,277
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Gruf (11) may also be a first name.

Gruf Last Name Facts

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

Gruf (Russian: Груф) is found in Slovakia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gruf? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gruf is the 2,661,929th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Gruf reside; 74 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 51 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. Gruf is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 11 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Slovakia, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 205,248. In Slovakia it is most numerous in: Banská Bystrica Region, where 100 percent are found. Other than Slovakia Gruf is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 26 percent are found and Germany, where 13 percent are found.

Gruf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gruf has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gruf surname decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grauf89683/
Gruff89100/
Gruft8945/
Grouf8924/
Grufh892/
Gruyf891/
Grupf890/
Grufs890/
Greufe80235/
Grauff8044/
Gruffe8022/
Grouff8020/
Ghrouf807/
Groufs802/
Gruffs802/
Groufe801/
Grouft800/
Grub752,770/
Gróf752,269/
Gruv7550/
Gruw751/
Grufová739/
Groub677,173/
Greub67818/
Groof67186/
Graub6777/
Grouw6742/
Ghruv6733/
Grauw6724/
Groef6714/
Gróff674/
Greuv671/
Grubh671/
Growf671/
Grouv671/

Gruf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gruf in the Russian language
Груфgruf-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Gruf
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