Granville Forename

55,712th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 11,517 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Granville Forename Definition:

A Old French name, meaning: [From the] great city.

Granville Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
4,0031:90,5664,150
Jamaica-2,1101:1,366337
South Africa
100%
2,0851:26,1553,314
England
100%
1,8511:30,0391,682
Wales
100%
4351:7,113696
Barbados-1801:1,610376
Isle of Man
100%
1411:603126
Canada
100%
1271:260,8938,881
Bahamas-1191:3,356611
Nigeria
81%
 
631:2,818,48250,173
Scotland
100%
401:133,7592,800
Panama
100%
251:156,2626,569
Philippines
100%
241:4,417,06279,224
Brazil
100%
231:9,314,615118,042
Bermuda-211:3,087575
United States Virgin Islands-201:5,487885
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
181:75,6345,830
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
171:6,5641,053
Australia-161:853,60110,910
India
100%
141:86,776,9981,237,414
Belize
100%
131:27,2552,702
Guyana
100%
131:58,7125,245
Antigua and Barbuda-121:8,2831,404
Cayman Islands-111:5,573911
Netherlands
100%
101:1,690,20823,366
Sri Lanka-91:2,311,0107,931
British Virgin Islands-91:3,472705
Kenya-91:5,145,23427,509
Costa Rica
100%
81:595,9948,229
Papua New Guinea
100%
71:1,164,61679,875
Saint Kitts and Nevis-71:7,8371,103
Germany
100%
61:16,112,97944,905
Anguilla
100%
51:2,651523
France-51:13,294,06836,843
Thailand
100%
51:14,013,163173,193
Guernsey-41:15,833609
United Arab Emirates-41:1,787,99844,562
Sweden
100%
41:2,464,47734,955
Saint Lucia
100%
21:88,9085,280
Venezuela-21:15,100,946147,145
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
Ireland
100%
21:2,321,7608,894
Zimbabwe
100%
21:7,711,90884,647
Northern Ireland
100%
21:921,5733,058
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
New Zealand-21:2,268,02212,390
Namibia-21:1,202,09012,702
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Belgium
100%
11:11,490,04143,727
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Cyprus
100%
11:871,0765,368
Ukraine-11:45,499,90832,056
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Italy-11:61,062,09083,289
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Libya-11:6,221,3093,060
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Nicaragua
100%
11:6,018,33634,175

Granville (7,857) may also be a surname.

Granville Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Old French name, meaning: [From the] great city.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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