Grøv Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Grøv Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grøv Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1171:43,9516,296
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Grv (57) are calculated separately.

Grøv Last Name Facts

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

The last name Grøv is found most in Norway. It can also occur as a variant: Grv. Click here for other possible spellings of Grøv.

How Common Is The Last Name Grøv? popularity and diffusion

Grøv is the 1,674,734th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. The last name Grøv is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Grøv live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequent in Norway, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 43,951. In Norway Grøv is most numerous in: Eastern Norway, where 89 percent live, Southern Norway, where 5 percent live and Central Norway, where 4 percent live. Not including Norway it exists in one country. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent live.

Grøv Last Name Statistics demography

Grøv earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 10.86% less than the national average, earning 308,484 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grv9557/
Gråv7517/
Grvf752/
Grvz751/
Ngrv751/
Cgrv751/
Ggrv751/
Grvd751/
Kgrv751/
Gråbø679/
Grøbø673/

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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 Grøv
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