Goronwy Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Goronwy Surname Definition:

An ancient Welsh personal name. King Henry VII. was grand-maternally descended from Sir Tudor ap Gronow, who lived temp. Edw. III.

Goronwy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:3,979,861125,553
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales191:82,5483,796

Goronwy (255) may also be a first name.

Goronwy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

An ancient Welsh personal name. King Henry VII. was grand-maternally descended from Sir Tudor ap Gronow, who lived temp. Edw. III.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Goronwy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Goronwy is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Goronwy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most frequently held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Goronwy is predominantly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Goronwy live; 80 percent live in Northern Europe and 80 percent live in British Isles. Goronwy is also the 557,860th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 255 people.

This last name is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 3,979,861. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Northamptonshire, where 36 percent reside, Nottinghamshire, where 36 percent reside and City of Bristol, where 7 percent reside. Outside of England it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 20 percent reside and Wales, where 10 percent reside.

Goronwy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Goronwy has changed through the years. In Wales the number of people carrying the Goronwy surname fell 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngoronwe801/
Goromby716/
Goromwe711/
Gorombey6767/
Gaaronwe679/
Gorombe5753/
Garanwa577/
Gorombi571/
Gorombai5394/
Garanwei5327/
Gorombei5313/
Garanwai531/
Guranviy531/

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Goronwy Reference & Research

Gronow One-name Study - A profile of the Gronow surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.

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Footnotes

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Goronwy
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