Grünhoff Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Grünhoff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grünhoff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1051:766,71957,066
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Grunhoff (4) are calculated separately.

Grünhoff Last Name Facts

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

Grünhoff occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Grunhoff. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grünhoff? popularity and diffusion

The surname Grünhoff is the 1,775,494th most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Grünhoff reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 766,719. In Germany Grünhoff is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 35 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 34 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany Grünhoff exists in 2 countries. It is also found in China, where 1 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grunhoff964/
Gronhoff889/
Groenhoff82192/
Gruenhoff8212/
Grunhof8013/
Gronoff8010/
Grinoff802/
Grinhof802/
Groenhof75893/
Grinhaff7562/
Grinioff752/
Grinyoff751/
Grünow7135/
Grunof710/
Grunhow670/

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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 Grünhoff
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