Grünfeld Surname

666,162nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 450 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Grünfeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grünfeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1941:414,97737,848
Denmark701:80,6397,855
Austria431:198,03324,866
Hungary321:306,75923,012
Czechia291:366,67143,532
Sweden211:468,89333,666
Slovakia141:381,17550,143
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Norway71:734,61250,907
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Slovenia51:497,53521,006
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Grunfeld (1,581), Grűnfeld (10) & Grûnfeld (1) are calculated separately.

Grünfeld Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grünfeld is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Grunfeld, Grűnfeld or Grûnfeld. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grünfeld? popularity and diffusion

Grünfeld is the 666,162nd most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,194,546 people. Grünfeld occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Grünfeld are found; 57 percent are found in Western Europe and 57 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 194 people, or 1 in 414,977. In Germany Grünfeld is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 46 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 16 percent are found and Austria, where 10 percent are found.

Grünfeld Last Name Statistics demography

Grünfeld earn more than double the average income. In Norway they earn 162.21% more than the national average, earning 907,470 kr per year.

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Grünfeld
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