Gruff Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Gruff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gruff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States771:4,707,259244,676
Hungary71:1,402,32560,133
England61:9,286,343223,652
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States991:507,25935,553

Gruff (306) may also be a first name.

Gruff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gruff occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gruff.

How Common Is The Last Name Gruff? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,849,867th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. Gruff occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Gruff reside; 77 percent reside in North America and 77 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Gruff is also the 503,193rd most prevalent given name in the world, borne by 306 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 4,707,259. In The United States Gruff is primarily found in: New Jersey, where 35 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 13 percent reside. Aside from The United States Gruff exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 7 percent reside and England, where 6 percent reside.

Gruff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gruff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gruff surname decreased 22 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gruff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gruff surname are 25.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 72.73% registered to vote for the political party.

Gruff earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.2% more than the national average, earning $44,960 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grauff9144/
Gruffe9122/
Grouff9120/
Gruffs912/
Gruf8953/
Grauf80683/
Gruft8045/
Grouf8024/
Gróff804/
Grufh802/
Gruyf801/
Grupf800/
Grufs800/
Greufe73235/
Groeff7399/
Grooff7387/
Ghrouf737/
Groufs732/
Groufe731/
Grouft730/
Grub672,770/
Gróf672,269/
Gruv6750/
Grufová679/
Gruw671/

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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 Gruff
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