Grafton Surname

71,113th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,947 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Grafton Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Grafton,' parishes in the Dioceses of Peterborough, Worcester, Hereford, and Salisbury. The Yorkshire instances below concern Marton-cum-Grafton, a parish three miles from Boroughbridge, in the liberty of Knaresborough.

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Grafton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,7341:76,5658,768
England1,2821:43,4625,527
Australia3221:83,8389,718
Canada3171:116,23212,335
New Zealand801:56,6048,933
Wales661:46,8874,434
Scotland291:184,61410,113
Northern Ireland231:80,2195,468
Ireland221:214,0438,362
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Ecuador121:1,325,48716,904
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Malta11:430,2723,380
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Guyana11:762,22114,420
France11:66,422,722504,397
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland351:126,5687,344
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7781:31,3314,158
Scotland411:91,2984,744
Wales101:156,8426,008
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9371:53,5956,031

Grafton (1,318) may also be a first name.

Grafton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Grafton,' parishes in the Dioceses of Peterborough, Worcester, Hereford, and Salisbury. The Yorkshire instances below concern Marton-cum-Grafton, a parish three miles from Boroughbridge, in the liberty of Knaresborough.

William de Grafton, 2 Edward II: Freemen of York.

Robertus de Grafton, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Alicia de Grafton, 1379: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Grafton=the Grove- Farmstead [Old English gráf, a grove + tún]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Grafton (homestead by a grove), the name of several places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Parishes and places in cos. Chester, Gloucester, Hereford, Oxford, Worcester, Warwick, and Northampton. It is from Grafton-Regis in the last-named co. that the Duke of Grafton takes his title.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(English), Grove or Grave town, or Grass town, if derived from Grafton, anciently Grastone, co. Warwick.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

A location name in Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Grafton Last Name Facts

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

The last name Grafton is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grafton? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 71,113th most common surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,049,021 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Grafton live; 68 percent live in North America and 68 percent live in Anglo-North America. Grafton is also the 216,497th most frequently used forename worldwide. It is borne by 1,318 people.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 4,734 people, or 1 in 76,565. In The United States Grafton is mostly concentrated in: California, where 8 percent live, Illinois, where 7 percent live and Maryland, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States Grafton is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in England, where 18 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

Grafton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Grafton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Grafton surname grew 505 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 165 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 660 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 29 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 37 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Grafton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Grafton last name is predominantly Presbyterian (46%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Grafton last name are 10.1% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.87% registered with the political party.

The amount Grafton earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 83% less than the national average, earning R 40,404 per year; in United States they earn 2.25% less than the national average, earning $42,180 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.99% more than the national average, earning $58,122 CAD per year.

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