von Grünigen Surname
Approximately 306 people bear this surname
von Grünigen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 298 | 1:27,560 | 4,226 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
The alternate forms: von Grunigen (2) & von Grūnigen (1) are calculated separately.
von Grünigen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name von Grünigen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname von Grünigen is found most in Switzerland. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: von Grunigen or von Grūnigen. For other possible spellings of von Grünigen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name von Grünigen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 881,213th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 23,815,510 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of von Grünigen live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in Switzerland, where it is carried by 298 people, or 1 in 27,560. In Switzerland von Grünigen is most numerous in: Canton of Bern, where 66 percent reside, Canton of Zürich, where 14 percent reside and Canton of Thurgau, where 6 percent reside. Not including Switzerland this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 2 percent reside and Luxembourg, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| von Grunigen | 97 | 2 | / |
| von Grūnigen | 97 | 1 | / |
| von Gruenigen | 88 | 17 | / |
| van Gronigen | 83 | 25 | / |
| van Groenigen | 80 | 132 | / |
| von Grönhagen | 80 | 5 | / |
| Von-Gruenigen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Van-Gronigen | 75 | 3 | / |
| Vangronigan | 70 | 1 | / |
| van Kuringen | 67 | 149 | / |
| van Kranken | 61 | 0 | / |
| Vankrankin | 55 | 2 | / |
| Vancranken | 55 | 1 | / |
| Fangarungan | 52 | 1 | / |
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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
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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 von Grünigen
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