Grant Forename
4,736th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 220,644 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island
Grant Forename Definition:
A Old English name, meaning: A promise. Surname of president, United States of America.
Grant Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 78,475 | 1:4,620 | 677 |
| Canada | 100% | 26,674 | 1:1,242 | 284 |
| Australia | - | 25,034 | 1:546 | 127 |
| South Africa | 100% | 19,808 | 1:2,753 | 482 |
| England | 100% | 19,210 | 1:2,894 | 409 |
| New Zealand | - | 15,494 | 1:293 | 41 |
| Malawi | 99% | 7,572 | 1:2,260 | 429 |
| Scotland | 100% | 7,426 | 1:720 | 153 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,320 | 1:6,306 | 1,134 |
| Russia | 99% | 2,179 | 1:66,193 | 1,435 |
| Zambia | - | 1,377 | 1:11,514 | 1,211 |
| Nigeria | 97% | 1,316 | 1:134,927 | 6,795 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,049 | 1:2,950 | 448 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 816 | 1:37,760 | 4,574 |
| Ghana | 100% | 787 | 1:34,290 | 2,099 |
| Philippines | 98% | 752 | 1:140,970 | 7,031 |
| Uganda | 98% | 611 | 1:67,033 | 3,564 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 605 | 1:25,494 | 2,669 |
| Thailand | 100% | 590 | 1:118,756 | 9,426 |
| Tanzania | 98% | 429 | 1:123,050 | 6,323 |
| China | - | 385 | 1:3,548,197 | 51,244 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 358 | 1:58,098 | 5,853 |
| Samoa | - | 320 | 1:610 | 177 |
| Namibia | - | 300 | 1:8,014 | 1,028 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 287 | 1:296 | 98 |
| Poland | 100% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Vanuatu | - | 265 | 1:988 | 288 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 233 | 1:132,131 | 3,534 |
| Northern Ireland | 99% | 197 | 1:9,356 | 738 |
| Ireland | 73% | 184 | 1:25,237 | 1,119 |
| Armenia | 99% | 166 | 1:17,583 | 1,123 |
| Japan | - | 162 | 1:790,037 | 13,627 |
| Fiji | - | 144 | 1:6,197 | 1,398 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 134 | 1:126,135 | 5,871 |
| Georgia | 100% | 126 | 1:29,670 | 1,783 |
| Germany | 100% | 124 | 1:779,660 | 6,802 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 121 | 1:67,374 | 6,447 |
| Kenya | - | 119 | 1:389,135 | 12,073 |
| Brazil | 100% | 107 | 1:2,002,207 | 42,180 |
| Indonesia | - | 103 | 1:2,504,502 | 120,903 |
| Egypt | - | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| Liberia | 94% | 87 | 1:50,713 | 2,674 |
| Qatar | 100% | 82 | 1:28,898 | 3,958 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| Singapore | 100% | 74 | 1:84,960 | 7,205 |
| France | 100% | 71 | 1:936,202 | 7,555 |
| Hong Kong | - | 70 | 1:110,753 | 2,869 |
| Botswana | - | 69 | 1:31,659 | 3,460 |
| Norway | 100% | 63 | 1:81,466 | 2,852 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 63 | 1:3,085,043 | 36,258 |
| Sweden | 100% | 62 | 1:158,998 | 5,968 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 59 | 1:139,212 | 3,781 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 57 | 1:534,209 | 22,888 |
| Jersey | 100% | 51 | 1:1,960 | 366 |
| Denmark | - | 47 | 1:120,202 | 3,247 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 42 | 1:1,508 | 269 |
| India | 66% | 38 | 1:31,970,473 | 641,623 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 36 | 1:660,269 | 31,946 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 34 | 1:2,171,400 | 51,388 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 34 | 1:521,966 | 7,534 |
| Belarus | 100% | 29 | 1:326,979 | 2,407 |
| South Korea | - | 29 | 1:191,187 | 7,453 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Spain | - | 27 | 1:1,723,332 | 10,918 |
| Bermuda | - | 26 | 1:2,493 | 518 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 25 | 1:417,251 | 13,014 |
| Guam | - | 24 | 1:6,694 | 1,054 |
| Mexico | 100% | 23 | 1:5,397,584 | 20,990 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 22 | 1:61,883 | 5,136 |
| Jamaica | - | 20 | 1:144,161 | 5,419 |
| Bahamas | - | 19 | 1:21,019 | 1,176 |
| Iraq | 100% | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Micronesia | - | 19 | 1:5,605 | 544 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Barbados | - | 18 | 1:16,099 | 1,338 |
| Ivory Coast | 63% | 18 | 1:1,281,996 | 34,985 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 18 | 1:397,333 | 16,617 |
| New Caledonia | - | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| Laos | - | 16 | 1:411,678 | 310 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 16 | 1:6,859 | 1,021 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 13 | 1:4,715 | 843 |
| Vietnam | - | 13 | 1:7,124,855 | 3,818 |
| Italy | 100% | 12 | 1:5,088,508 | 23,387 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 12 | 1:48,413 | 2,992 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 11 | 1:211 | 26 |
| Belgium | 100% | 10 | 1:1,149,004 | 13,254 |
| Afghanistan | - | 9 | 1:3,624,835 | 24,448 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Estonia | - | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Grenada | 100% | 9 | 1:12,014 | 1,427 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 8 | 1:2,034,166 | 23,777 |
| Macau | - | 8 | 1:76,026 | 700 |
| Finland | 67% | 7 | 1:783,312 | 7,794 |
| Guyana | 100% | 7 | 1:109,037 | 8,020 |
| Hungary | 100% | 7 | 1:1,398,824 | 3,444 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 6 | 1:40,570 | 1,514 |
| Czechia | 100% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Panama | - | 6 | 1:651,093 | 16,250 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 6 | 1:29,636 | 2,683 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 5 | 1:4,322,101 | 63,776 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Greece | - | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Mauritius | - | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Oman | - | 5 | 1:821,733 | 6,168 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 5 | 1:6,040,379 | 77,223 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Costa Rica | - | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Belize | 100% | 3 | 1:118,103 | 5,590 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Israel | 100% | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 67% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Luxembourg | - | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:15,625 | 1,557 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Lesotho | - | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Nicaragua | - | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Chile | - | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
Grant (357,783) may also be a surname.
Grant Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Old English name, meaning: A promise. Surname of president, United States of America.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Gaelic name: Grannd, Grant (1258), an English family which settled about Inverness in the thirteenth century, English Grant, Grand, from French, English grand.
— Etymology of The Principal Gaelic National Names, Personal Names, Surnames (1909) by Alexander MacBain
Grant Forename Popularity
Grant Demographics
Grant Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 131 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Grant Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Grant in the Russian language | ||
| Грант | grant | - |
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