Gränz Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Iceland

Gränz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Gränz Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1921:419,29938,092
Iceland251:15,2041,298
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gränz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gränz is most common in Germany. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gränz? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,098,270th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. The last name Gränz occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gränz live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 192 people, or 1 in 419,299. In Germany Gränz is mostly concentrated in: Saxony, where 36 percent are found, Thuringia, where 13 percent are found and Hesse, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Germany this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Iceland, where 11 percent are found and Czechia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gräntz91152/
Grnz891/
Gräntze831/
Grenz804,743/
Gräns80276/
Grünz8040/
Grinz8028/
Grnnz801/
Grentz73386/
Greunz73160/
Grintz73108/
Grüntz7325/
Graenz7322/
Gränse7320/
Greenz7319/
Gruenz739/
Grencz738/
Grenze732/
Grynsz731/
Grändås6716/
Gruentz671/
Grns671/
Grientz670/
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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 Gränz
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