Gründer Surname

219,598th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,862 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gründer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gründer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,8171:44,3075,813
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Austria111:774,13064,097
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Grunder (3,312) are calculated separately.

Gründer Last Name Facts

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

Gründer is found most in Germany. It can appear as a variant: Grunder. Click here for further potential spellings of Gründer.

How Common Is The Last Name Gründer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 219,598th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,913,827 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gründer are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 1,817 people, or 1 in 44,307. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 18 percent live and Saxony, where 16 percent live. Other than Germany it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent live and Austria, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grunder953,312/
Gründger934/
Grnder926/
Grinder861,787/
Grender86106/
Grynder8638/
Gronder863/
Gründes861/
Grnde831/
Gründerová824/
Gruender80362/
Grondier8014/
Cgrinder802/
Grundger801/
Grounder801/
Grundier801/
Gruinder800/
Grendger800/
Greender800/
Grondher800/
Grinde771,879/
Grende77133/
Grände7727/
Gründa7711/
Grndet771/
Grndes771/
Greendeer7566/
Grundherr7535/
Grenderpf752/
Gruendier751/
Groundier751/
Grindey71662/
Grindei71483/
Grindea7147/
Grindes7126/
Grindet7117/
Grendey7111/
Grendhe715/
Grendes712/
Grindee712/
Grendeh711/
Grimder711/
Ngrende711/
Grendez711/
Grendje711/
Greendge672/
Grndy672/
Grndi671/
Greendje671/
Greendee670/

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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
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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 Gründer
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