Grunewald Surname

58,278th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,681 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Grunewald Surname Definition:

(German) Descendant of Gronwald (green, forest); dweller in, or near, the green forest.

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Grunewald Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,8061:21,1522,819
United States2,3361:155,16215,880
Brazil7261:294,86811,355
France5031:132,05320,190
South Africa4061:133,44315,541
Argentina2021:211,60117,444
Netherlands1241:136,18720,959
Canada1231:299,55827,752
England701:795,97243,050
Belgium531:216,91827,806
Chile531:332,3869,362
Thailand511:1,385,066192,885
Sweden501:196,93513,646
Israel471:182,07718,133
Wales251:123,7819,267
Namibia251:96,3768,697
Paraguay121:603,0627,396
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
China31:455,773,85521,925
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2041:246,17020,471

The alternate forms: Grünewald (10,578) are calculated separately.

Grunewald Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Descendant of Gronwald (green, forest); dweller in, or near, the green forest.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Grunwald means 'green forest' in German.

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Grunewald Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grunewald is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Grünewald. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grunewald? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 58,278th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 839,482 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 54 percent of Grunewald live; 52 percent live in Western Europe and 46 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 3,806 people, or 1 in 21,152. In Germany Grunewald is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent live, Hesse, where 17 percent live and Saxony, where 14 percent live. Not including Germany this last name is found in 44 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent live and Brazil, where 8 percent live.

Grunewald Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Grunewald has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Grunewald last name expanded 1,145 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 7,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grunewald Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Grunewald last name are 16.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.54% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Grunewald earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 78.48% more than the national average, earning R 424,140 per year; in United States they earn 7.03% more than the national average, earning $46,182 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.39% less than the national average, earning $48,496 CAD per year.

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