Grunen Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Armenia

Grunen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grunen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Grünen (282) & Gruñen (1) are calculated separately.

Grunen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grunen (Russian: Грунен) is found most in Germany. It may be found as a variant: Grünen or Gruñen. Click here for other possible spellings of Grunen.

How Common Is The Last Name Grunen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,116,508th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Grunen live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 4,472,526. In Germany Grunen is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 94 percent reside and Saxony, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.

Grunen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Grunen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Grunen last name declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grünen94282/
Gruñen941/
Greunen9271/
Gruenen9218/
Grunuen921/
Gruneen921/
Grunin832,722/
Gronen83391/
Grinen8317/
Groenen772,963/
Grunina772,506/
Gruning77423/
Grounin777/
Groonen771/
Gronnen770/
Greunin770/
Grienen770/
Grinien770/
Grinienė71954/
Grunning7149/
Greuning7125/
Grounina719/
Grauning719/
Grouning714/
Gruining710/
Grinin671,636/
Griñen67293/
Gronin67249/
Grunim670/
Grinień621/
Grienin620/
Gronnin620/
Griñén501/

Grunen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grunen in the Russian language
Груненgrunen-

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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 Grunen
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