Grönheim Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Grönheim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grönheim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1161:694,01353,217
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Gronheim (1) are calculated separately.

Grönheim Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grönheim is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Gronheim. Click here for other possible spellings of Grönheim.

How Common Is The Last Name Grönheim? popularity and diffusion

The surname Grönheim is the 1,683,218th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. The last name Grönheim occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Grönheim are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 694,013. In Germany Grönheim is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 86 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 1 percent are found. Barring Germany it is found in one country. It is also common in Austria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gronheim961/
Gröhnheim941/
Granheim88824/
Grenheim8812/
Greenheim8238/
Groenheim8224/
Graneheim8220/
Greneheim826/
Granhem806/
Greenhim751/
Grahneim751/
Gronem7123/
Gronim719/
Granim711/
Grenim710/
Grenham67629/
Granhen6771/
Greenem6761/
Granham6755/
Grenyem6712/
Grannim671/
Grannem671/
Granhin671/

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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 Grönheim
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