Grunberg Surname

186,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,269 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Suriname

Grunberg Surname Definition:

(Ger.) Green Hill [O.H.Ger. gruoni + berg] Often partly Anglicized as Greenberg.

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Grunberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7171:505,52242,461
France4461:148,93023,088
Suriname1601:3,454642
Canada1271:290,12326,993
Argentina1141:374,94229,068
Australia1131:238,90022,291
Israel1121:76,4079,309
Netherlands1091:154,92823,054
Brazil591:3,628,379101,412
Germany571:1,412,37687,104
England471:1,185,49155,443
Uruguay421:81,7098,364
Turkey321:2,431,91977,125
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Chile131:1,355,11323,887
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Romania101:2,007,78754,092
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

The alternate forms: Grünberg (4,841) are calculated separately.

Grunberg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) Green Hill [O.H.Ger. gruoni + berg] Often partly Anglicized as Greenberg.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Place name in Germany and Poland. Literally “Green Mountain”.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

User-submitted Reference

A German surname, referring to someone who came from Grünberg/Gruenberg (a green mountain). There are multiple so named locations.

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Grunberg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Grunberg (Russian: Грунберг) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Grünberg. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grunberg? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 186,601st most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,211,788 people. Grunberg occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Grunberg are found; 37 percent are found in North America and 36 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 717 people, or 1 in 505,522. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 25 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and Florida, where 10 percent live. Beside The United States Grunberg exists in 47 countries. It is also common in France, where 20 percent live and Suriname, where 7 percent live.

Grunberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Grunberg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Grunberg surname increased 2,472 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 671 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grunberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Grunberg surname are 7.96% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 61.19% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Grunberg earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29.82% less than the national average, earning 242,891 kr per year; in Peru they earn 72.55% more than the national average, earning S/. 33,448 per year; in United States they earn 29.38% more than the national average, earning $55,827 USD per year and in Canada they earn 47.83% more than the national average, earning $73,447 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grünberg964,841/
Graunberg944/
Grunnberg941/
Gronberg88681/
Grumberg88354/
Grunwerg8851/
Grunburg8816/
Gruchenberg847/
Groenberg82229/
Gronnberg821/
Gromberg75182/
Grünburg751/
Gronburg751/
Gronwerg751/
Gronverg751/
Groomberg710/
Groenburg710/
Grumwerk631/
Gromburg630/

Grunberg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grunberg in the Russian language
Грунбергgrunberg-

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