Gruffe Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Gruffe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gruffe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria91:946,15970,786
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Gruffé (3) & Gruffè (1) are calculated separately.

Gruffe Last Name Facts

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

Gruffe is most common in Austria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Gruffé or Gruffè. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gruffe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,206,983rd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Gruffe live; 41 percent live in South America and 41 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Austria, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 946,159. In Austria it is most prevalent in: Styria, where 100 percent live. Outside of Austria it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 36 percent live and Italy, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gruffé943/
Gruffè941/
Gruffet921/
Gruff91100/
Griffe83889/
Gruffy83241/
Greufe83235/
Grauff8344/
Gruffi8332/
Grouff8320/
Gruffs832/
Groufe831/
Gruefe831/
Gruffa831/
Grufer830/
Grufey830/
Gruf8053/
Griffey774,250/
Griffie771,224/
Griffee77835/
Griffea7747/
Griffei773/
Gruffis772/
Gruffyd772/
Griffeu771/
Grieffe771/
Grauf73683/
Grife73419/
Grufi73148/
Gruft7345/
Grouf7324/
Grufa736/
Gróff734/
Grufh732/
Grufy731/
Gruyf731/
Grupf730/
Grufs730/
Gruffydd71199/
Griffieh711/
Griffy67811/
Griffi67306/
Groeff6799/
Grooff6787/
Ghrouf677/
Grifey672/
Griefe672/
Groufs672/
Grifeu671/
Griffé671/
Grifee671/
Groefe671/
Groofe670/
Grouft670/

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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 Gruffe
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