Gruß Surname
Approximately 2,758 people bear this surname
Gruß Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,716 | 1:29,641 | 3,899 |
| Austria | 41 | 1:207,694 | 25,759 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
The alternate forms: Gru (728) & Grú (1) are calculated separately.
Gruß Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gruß Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gruß is found most frequently in Germany. It may appear as a variant: Gru or Grú. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gruß? popularity and diffusion
It is the 158,392nd most commonly held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,642,330 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gruß reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 2,716 people, or 1 in 29,641. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent live, Bavaria, where 15 percent live and Saxony-Anhalt, where 15 percent live. Outside of Germany this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gru | 95 | 728 | / |
| Grauß | 89 | 3 | / |
| Grú | 86 | 1 | / |
| Grau | 75 | 51,536 | / |
| Grou | 75 | 1,806 | / |
| Grus | 75 | 1,081 | / |
| Gruz | 75 | 913 | / |
| Grut | 75 | 600 | / |
| Gruy | 75 | 568 | / |
| Greu | 75 | 541 | / |
| Grud | 75 | 452 | / |
| Grup | 75 | 338 | / |
| Grux | 75 | 307 | / |
| Grüß | 75 | 162 | / |
| Grui | 75 | 56 | / |
| Gruś | 75 | 50 | / |
| Gruľ | 75 | 26 | / |
| Gruj | 75 | 16 | / |
| Gruh | 75 | 15 | / |
| Gruź | 75 | 14 | / |
| Gruň | 75 | 9 | / |
| Ngru | 75 | 7 | / |
| Grzu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ghru | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ggru | 75 | 1 | / |
| Grhu | 75 | 0 | / |
| Grout | 67 | 6,671 | / |
| Grupp | 67 | 4,644 | / |
| Graus | 67 | 3,677 | / |
| Groux | 67 | 3,383 | / |
| Gruss | 67 | 2,788 | / |
| Group | 67 | 2,320 | / |
| Graux | 67 | 2,276 | / |
| Gruse | 67 | 1,185 | / |
| Gruis | 67 | 971 | / |
| Grush | 67 | 696 | / |
| Greus | 67 | 640 | / |
| Groud | 67 | 535 | / |
| Grouh | 67 | 450 | / |
| Grouz | 67 | 401 | / |
| Grous | 67 | 398 | / |
| Gruys | 67 | 206 | / |
| Gruit | 67 | 181 | / |
| Graut | 67 | 180 | / |
| Graup | 67 | 153 | / |
| Grusd | 67 | 151 | / |
| Grutt | 67 | 148 | / |
| Gruhs | 67 | 147 | / |
| Grust | 67 | 146 | / |
| Grudt | 67 | 139 | / |
| Gruce | 67 | 94 | / |
| Grusz | 67 | 92 | / |
| Gruzs | 67 | 80 | / |
| Grudd | 67 | 79 | / |
| Gruiz | 67 | 78 | / |
| Gruch | 67 | 75 | / |
| Ghrui | 67 | 71 | / |
| Graud | 67 | 61 | / |
| Greux | 67 | 58 | / |
| Greup | 67 | 55 | / |
| Greue | 67 | 47 | / |
| Geeru | 67 | 40 | / |
| Gruľa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Grouy | 67 | 24 | / |
| Ågrup | 67 | 13 | / |
| Gørup | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gårud | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gruič | 67 | 8 | / |
| Greut | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gærup | 67 | 8 | / |
| Grooß | 67 | 6 | / |
| Grupė | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ghruy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Grauh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Grgus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Grauz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Grujć | 67 | 2 | / |
| Grujś | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gruht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gruus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grahu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gruhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngrau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cgrus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gruix | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghrau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghrup | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grrud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grupf | 67 | 0 | / |
| Greud | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gruß
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