Grönefeld Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Grönefeld Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 157 | 1:512,774 | 43,467 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
The alternate forms: Gronefeld (289) are calculated separately.
Grönefeld Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grönefeld Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Grönefeld is most common in Germany. It may occur as a variant: Gronefeld. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Grönefeld? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,276,805th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. The surname Grönefeld occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Grönefeld are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Grönefeld is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 512,774. In Germany it is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 57 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 43 percent reside and Hesse, where 1 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 8 percent reside and Switzerland, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gronefeld | 96 | 289 | / |
| Grenefeld | 89 | 7 | / |
| Granefeld | 89 | 1 | / |
| Groenefeld | 84 | 29 | / |
| Gronefield | 84 | 4 | / |
| Gronefeldt | 84 | 0 | / |
| Gronefel | 82 | 1 | / |
| Greenefield | 80 | 2 | / |
| Granefelt | 78 | 60 | / |
| Groenefelt | 74 | 160 | / |
| Greenifield | 70 | 1 | / |
| Gränefält | 67 | 11 | / |
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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 Grönefeld
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