Gruniger Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gruniger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gruniger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

The alternate forms: Grüniger (164) are calculated separately.

Gruniger Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gruniger is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Grüniger. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gruniger.

How Common Is The Last Name Gruniger? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gruniger is the 6,063,924th most numerous surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Gruniger are found; 70 percent are found in Western Europe and 70 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Gruniger is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 11,500,780. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Ecuador, where 10 percent are found and Peru, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grüniger96164/
Grueniger9415/
Grunniger941/
Groniger8888/
Griniger884/
Gronniger82216/
Groeniger82125/
Gruneiser820/
Grunize800/
Groenniger780/
Grineger751/
Grinuger750/
Gronegger7185/
Grunauser711/
Gronicher710/
Grooneger710/
Gruneiseu710/
Grunhauser6752/
Grunheuser671/
Grüneise6322/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Gruniger
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