Gröhlich Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gröhlich Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gröhlich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1001:805,05559,076
Poland111:3,455,341126,214
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Grohlich (13) are calculated separately.

Gröhlich Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gröhlich has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also be rendered as a variant: Grohlich. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gröhlich? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gröhlich is the 1,710,039th most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name Gröhlich is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gröhlich live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Gröhlich is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 805,055. In Germany Gröhlich is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 59 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent reside. Beside Germany it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 10 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grohlich9613/
Grölich9312/
Grehlich889/
Groehlich8235/
Grelich80204/
Grolich80126/
Gralich803/
Gröli7763/
Greulich756,477/
Grollich7554/
Groelich756/
Grolisch751/
Gruilich750/
Grolitsch7117/
Grahli7111/
Grelitsch7111/
Grollitsch67195/
Gralish6778/
Gröhler6753/
Grelish6734/
Grelicz671/
Grolish670/

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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 Gröhlich
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