Grünenfelder Surname
Approximately 1,389 people bear this surname
Grünenfelder Surname User-submission:
The Grünenfelder surname is derived from the German words Grünen, meaning 'green', and Felder, meaning 'fields'. Therefore, the surname means 'green fields'.
Grünenfelder Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1,363 | 1:6,026 | 939 |
| Liechtenstein | 12 | 1:3,198 | 355 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Grunenfelder (130) are calculated separately.
Grünenfelder Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Grünenfelder surname is derived from the German words Grünen, meaning 'green', and Felder, meaning 'fields'. Therefore, the surname means 'green fields'.
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Where Does The Last Name Grünenfelder Come From? nationality or country of origin
Grünenfelder is held by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Grunenfelder. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Grünenfelder? popularity and diffusion
It is the 278,560th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,246,613 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Grünenfelder live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Grünenfelder is most frequently held in Switzerland, where it is carried by 1,363 people, or 1 in 6,026. In Switzerland Grünenfelder is primarily found in: Canton of St Gallen, where 45 percent reside, Canton of Zürich, where 18 percent reside and Canton of Thurgau, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Switzerland it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Liechtenstein, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Grünenfelder Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Grünenfelder has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Grünenfelder last name rose 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grunenfelder | 97 | 130 | / |
| Grnenfelder | 96 | 12 | / |
| Gruenenfelder | 88 | 208 | / |
| Greunenfelder | 88 | 1 | / |
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