Grönroos Explained

Grönroos is a Swedish-language surname, more common in Finland than in Sweden.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 87.5% of all known bearers of the surname Grönroos were residents of Finland (frequency 1:2,486), 10.7% of Sweden (1:36,469) and 1.1% of Estonia (1:48,951).

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,486) in the following regions:

• 1. Satakunta (1:953)
• 2. Southwest Finland (1:994)
• 3. Åland (1:1,042)
• 4. Uusimaa (1:1,484)

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:36,469) in the following counties:^[1]

• 1. Uppsala County (1:14,573)
• 2. Södermanland County (1:18,614)
• 3. Örebro County (1:20,372)
• 4. Halland County (1:20,386)
• 5. Östergötland County (1:23,031)
• 6. Västerbotten County (1:26,440)
• 7. Stockholm County (1:26,710)
• 8. Västernorrland County (1:27,107)

People

• Börje Grönroos (1929–2015), Finnish boxer
• Christian Grönroos (born 1947), Finnish economist

Notes and References

1. https://forebears.io/surnames/grönroos Grönroos surname distribution