Grütz Surname

568,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 555 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Grütz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Grütz Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5481:146,90817,688
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

The alternate forms: Grutz (184) are calculated separately.

Grütz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grütz occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Grutz. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grütz? popularity and diffusion

The surname Grütz is the 568,972nd most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,130,713 people. Grütz is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Grütz reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 548 people, or 1 in 146,908. In Germany Grütz is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 49 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 13 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 12 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 1 percent are found and Austria, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grutz93184/
Grütze91123/
Gritz801,359/
Grütt8083/
Groetz73206/
Grootz73101/
Grütte7374/
Grutze7352/
Gruetz7345/
Grittz7318/
Gruttz733/
Groutz732/
Greutz732/
Grautz730/
Gruz67913/
Grúz67136/
Grütsch675/
Grůz674/
Geeritz671/
Gruettz671/
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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 Grütz
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