Grunwald Surname

34,527th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,343 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Grunwald Surname User-submission:

Grunwald means 'green forest' in German.

Grunwald Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany10,7631:7,480942
United States2,8701:126,29213,405
France3201:207,57132,261
Brazil2091:1,024,27936,147
Canada1881:195,98719,219
Australia1621:166,64017,199
England1001:557,18134,216
Argentina901:474,92735,376
Chile801:220,2066,842
Netherlands691:244,74231,623
Denmark591:95,6739,081
South Africa551:985,04961,274
Poland491:775,68962,719
Switzerland381:216,12918,575
Israel351:244,50422,492
Croatia311:136,40719,258
Spain231:2,032,69753,462
Sweden221:447,58032,003
Czechia181:590,74858,011
Austria171:500,90847,931
Slovakia161:333,52846,365
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Paraguay151:482,4506,463
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Norway91:571,36544,190
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Wales71:442,07621,198
Romania61:3,346,31256,696
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
China31:455,773,85521,925
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1151:436,68431,761

The alternate forms: Grünwald (9,884) are calculated separately.

Grunwald (22) may also be a first name.

Grunwald Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Grunwald means 'green forest' in German.

- raychik

Grunwald Last Name Facts

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

Grunwald is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Grünwald. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grunwald? popularity and diffusion

The last name Grunwald is the 34,527th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 474,975 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 76 percent of Grunwald reside; 73 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Grunwald is also the 2,301,746th most common given name worldwide It is held by 22 people.

The surname Grunwald is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 10,763 people, or 1 in 7,480. In Germany Grunwald is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 12 percent live and Berlin, where 9 percent live. Not including Germany it is found in 52 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.

Grunwald Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Grunwald has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Grunwald last name expanded 2,496 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,667 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grunwald Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Grunwald surname are 5.95% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.72% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Grunwald earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 8.4% less than the national average, earning 317,022 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 33.99% more than the national average, earning R 318,420 per year; in United States they earn 2.59% more than the national average, earning $44,267 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.13% more than the national average, earning $50,740 CAD per year.

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