de Grijs Surname

818,364th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 340 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Grijs Surname Definition:

(Dutch/Flemish), the Gray. (variant: 's Graauwen.)

de Grijs 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
Netherlands2971:56,8599,787
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Norway91:571,36544,190
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

de Grijs Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch/Flemish), the Gray. (variant: 's Graauwen.)

— Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon
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de Grijs Demographics

Average de Grijs Salary in
Norway

381,476 kr

Per year
Rank:
16,337 of 73,091
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000146719
Rank: 47,061 of 73,091
Percentage of national average salary:
110.23%
Sample size: 3 (2014)

Average Salary in
Norway

346,080 kr

Per year
Per month:
28,840 kr
Per week:
6,409 kr
Per day:
948 kr

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de Grijs Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Grijs is most common in The Netherlands. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Grijs? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 818,364th most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 21,433,959 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of de Grijs reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 297 people, or 1 in 56,859. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Groningen, where 14 percent reside, North Holland, where 12 percent reside and South Holland, where 12 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent reside and Norway, where 3 percent reside.

de Grijs Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Grijs earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 10.23% more than the national average, earning 381,476 kr per year and in South Africa they earn 26.98% more than the national average, earning R 301,752 per year.

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Grijse9480/
de Gris930/
de Gries88121/
de Grijp8835/
de Grise885/
de Grais881/
de Greis881/
de Grisse8219/
der Grijp821/
de Groeij821/
de Gres80179/
de Grip8074/
de Grys8011/
de Grie807/
de Grès802/
de Grio801/
de Gryse75701/
de Groes7599/
de Gress7516/
de Grees753/
de Greys751/
de Graes751/
de Gre717/
de Gré711/
de Gray67143/
de Grey67138/
de Grez6736/
de Gree6722/
De-Gres6721/
de Gruy6718/
de Gryp6712/
de Groy671/
de Graa671/
de Grep671/
de Gret670/
de Greyt6365/
de Great637/
de Graay635/
der Gryp631/
de Greep631/
de Greer630/
da Gra577/
de Guehery564/
De-Gruy532/
De-Great502/
da Great501/
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