Gruijters Surname

387,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 917 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Gruijters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gruijters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands8551:19,7513,111
Belgium241:479,02747,365
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
England31:18,572,686338,250
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Gruijters Last Name Facts

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

Gruijters occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gruijters? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 387,068th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 7,947,160 people. Gruijters occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Gruijters are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 855 people, or 1 in 19,751. In The Netherlands Gruijters is mostly found in: North Brabant, where 64 percent are found, Limburg, where 10 percent are found and Gelderland, where 8 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Gruijters Last Name Statistics demography

Gruijters earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 7.83% less than the national average, earning R 219,024 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gruiters94216/
Gruters88182/
Gruyters82478/
Gritters82292/
Grutters82242/
Greuters8222/
Grueters827/
Grouters821/
Gruthers821/
Gruetters786/
Groters75318/
Grüters75287/
Greters756/
Gritersová741/
Grooters711,148/
Groutars71110/
Groeters7179/
Grütters7174/
Grotters713/
Grothers712/
Gretters710/
Grethers710/
Grittersová7051/
Grittersova703/
Greathers671/
Gretars632/
Grétars631/
Greatherst630/
Gretrx531/

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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 Gruijters
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