Grun Surname

113,938th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,059 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Grun Surname Definition:

“Green” in German.

Grun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany9541:84,38710,649
France7691:86,37512,319
Brazil6291:340,34113,066
United States4951:732,24057,446
Argentina1861:229,80318,801
Russia1841:783,27764,691
Luxembourg1391:4,177570
Switzerland1371:59,9487,487
Belgium1131:101,74015,454
England671:831,61344,286
Australia651:415,31833,226
Netherlands481:351,81639,430
Uruguay471:73,0167,628
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Iran221:3,490,11599,764
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Denmark181:313,59522,770
Slovakia171:313,90944,635
Paraguay121:603,0627,396
Norway121:428,52437,411
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
China41:341,830,39216,990
Colombia41:11,943,51826,735
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Nicaragua31:2,007,0306,490
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Hungary31:3,272,09262,568
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3051:164,65114,949

The alternate forms: Grün (12,422), Gruń (1) & Grúń (1) are calculated separately.

Grun (24) may also be a first name.

Grun Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Green” in German.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Grun Last Name Facts

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

The last name Grun (Russian: Грунь) has its highest incidence in Germany. It may occur in the variant forms: Grün, Gruń or Grúń. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grun? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 113,938th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,795,404 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Grun live; 53 percent live in Western Europe and 32 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,187,323rd most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 24 people.

The surname Grun is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 954 people, or 1 in 84,387. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 30 percent reside, Berlin, where 13 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent reside. Not including Germany it is found in 51 countries. It is also common in France, where 19 percent reside and Brazil, where 15 percent reside.

Grun Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Grun has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Grun surname rose 162 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 609 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grun Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Grun last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (90%) in Russia and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Grun surname are 7.24% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60.47% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Grun earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 16.89% less than the national average, earning 287,635 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 35.64% less than the national average, earning R 152,952 per year; in United States they earn 2.06% more than the national average, earning $44,040 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.79% more than the national average, earning $61,502 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grün9212,422/
Gruń921/
Grund8916,822/
Gruhn895,109/
Grunt891,868/
Grune891,104/
Grung89357/
Groun89348/
Gruin89189/
Graun89174/
Grunn8989/
Grunc897/
Greun895/
Grumn894/
Grunh894/
Grunk892/
Gruyn891/
Grhun891/
Grúń831/
Ground801,493/
Grundt80877/
Groune80443/
Greune80442/
Gruhne80398/
Grusin80249/
Graune8059/
Graund8035/
Grundh8032/
Grucen8025/
Gruihn8020/
Grunth8018/
Grusen8017/
Grount8010/
Grunne809/
Grusén805/
Groung803/
Grutin802/
Gruten802/
Gruinn801/
Greund801/
Grunnt801/
Geerun801/
Ghrung801/
Graunn800/
Gruing800/
Greunn800/
Grunhe800/
Graunt800/
Gruynn800/
Grounk800/
Grum753,725/
Gron751,057/
Gruisen73149/
Grunova73142/
Grusing73130/
Grunová73125/
Grauten7367/
Grausen7350/
Gruicin7342/
Grouten7335/
Gruchin7316/
Gruszin7314/
Graunck739/
Grussen735/
Grutten734/
Grushyn734/
Greusen734/
Gruting732/
Grussin731/
Grausne731/
Gruszyn731/
Groundh731/
Grounne731/
Graunkc731/
Grautin730/
Gruynne730/
Groundt730/
Gruchen730/
Groen6718,971/
Groussin67774/
Grussing67603/
Grühn67396/
Groon67164/
Greußing67144/
Gronn67130/
Grünn67112/
Greutink6766/
Grauting6766/
Grumt6737/
Greusing6726/
Gruschin6724/
Groum6714/
Graunova6712/
Graum678/
Graussin676/
Gruhnová675/
Grzon675/
Gårum674/
Grron672/
Grumg671/
Ghron671/
Gruñe671/
Gronh671/
Greuchen670/
Gruim670/
Gruym670/

Grun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grun in the Russian language
Груньgrun-

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