Grand Surname
Approximately 28,795 people bear this surname
Grand Surname Definition:
(Anglo-French-Latin) Great, Big [Middle EnglishO.French grand, grant, Latin grand-is] (Celtic) Ugly, Grim [Gaelic and Irish gránda]
Grand Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 13,879 | 1:4,786 | 375 |
| United States | 2,862 | 1:126,645 | 13,433 |
| Pakistan | 2,507 | 1:71,258 | 2,582 |
| Switzerland | 1,938 | 1:4,238 | 606 |
| Russia | 953 | 1:151,231 | 17,485 |
| England | 651 | 1:85,588 | 9,383 |
| Canada | 500 | 1:73,691 | 8,350 |
| Egypt | 488 | 1:188,393 | 13,801 |
| Argentina | 419 | 1:102,013 | 8,617 |
| Denmark | 389 | 1:14,511 | 1,424 |
| Iran | 355 | 1:216,289 | 17,069 |
| Haiti | 280 | 1:38,157 | 2,519 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Austria | 213 | 1:39,979 | 6,421 |
| French Polynesia | 172 | 1:1,633 | 296 |
| Venezuela | 166 | 1:181,952 | 5,182 |
| Germany | 163 | 1:493,899 | 42,398 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| India | 96 | 1:7,990,264 | 168,289 |
| Italy | 87 | 1:702,950 | 59,950 |
| Belarus | 80 | 1:118,763 | 17,417 |
| Zimbabwe | 75 | 1:205,843 | 23,645 |
| Nigeria | 72 | 1:2,460,316 | 81,464 |
| Israel | 69 | 1:124,024 | 13,566 |
| Brazil | 67 | 1:3,195,139 | 92,032 |
| Kazakhstan | 63 | 1:280,675 | 23,957 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Liberia | 62 | 1:71,105 | 6,042 |
| Netherlands | 55 | 1:307,040 | 36,360 |
| Uzbekistan | 54 | 1:572,762 | 12,592 |
| Belgium | 52 | 1:221,089 | 28,230 |
| Japan | 50 | 1:2,556,886 | 31,037 |
| Australia | 49 | 1:550,933 | 40,757 |
| Cameroon | 49 | 1:423,859 | 35,946 |
| Burkina Faso | 47 | 1:390,470 | 6,130 |
| Latvia | 43 | 1:47,675 | 7,247 |
| Estonia | 42 | 1:31,472 | 5,782 |
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| Spain | 40 | 1:1,168,801 | 40,601 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| China | 35 | 1:39,066,330 | 2,096 |
| Philippines | 35 | 1:2,892,521 | 138,859 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Taiwan | 29 | 1:808,440 | 5,718 |
| Uruguay | 29 | 1:118,336 | 11,141 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Malaysia | 25 | 1:1,179,769 | 51,323 |
| Thailand | 24 | 1:2,943,264 | 289,518 |
| Hungary | 22 | 1:446,194 | 29,593 |
| Mexico | 22 | 1:5,642,100 | 30,806 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Jamaica | 20 | 1:143,497 | 5,007 |
| Norway | 19 | 1:270,647 | 28,127 |
| New Zealand | 17 | 1:266,372 | 23,826 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Chile | 15 | 1:1,174,432 | 21,998 |
| Ivory Coast | 15 | 1:1,538,082 | 31,691 |
| Poland | 15 | 1:2,533,917 | 108,409 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Panama | 11 | 1:355,660 | 7,645 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Algeria | 9 | 1:4,292,395 | 48,087 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Mauritius | 9 | 1:143,713 | 8,076 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Turkmenistan | 9 | 1:609,901 | 4,112 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Honduras | 7 | 1:1,259,492 | 5,127 |
| Moldova | 7 | 1:508,767 | 32,975 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Slovakia | 6 | 1:889,408 | 78,715 |
| Cayman Islands | 5 | 1:12,779 | 1,374 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 1:606,918 | 21,375 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 17 | 1:260,580 | 11,064 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 313 | 1:77,877 | 8,439 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 266 | 1:188,792 | 16,642 |
Grand (3,259) may also be a first name.
Grand Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-French-Latin) Great, Big [Middle EnglishO.French grand, grant, Latin grand-is] (Celtic) Ugly, Grim [Gaelic and Irish gránda]
(French) The large or fat man.
(English, French, Scottish) The large or fat man.
Robert, Richard, Serlo, Roger, Nicholas Grand, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Simon, William, Robert Grant or Le Grant (Grand) 1199 (Rotuli Curiae Regis).
From the French, Grand; in the Domesday Book, Grand; a personal name.
Grand Demographics
Grand Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Russia
Grand Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grand Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Grand (Arabic: غراند, Georgian: გრანდ, Hindi: ग्रन्द, Russian: Гранд) is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Grand? popularity and diffusion
The surname Grand is the 19,089th most numerous surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 253,084 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Grand reside; 56 percent reside in Western Europe and 53 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 125,472nd most common first name world-wide It is held by 3,259 people.
This surname is most numerous in France, where it is borne by 13,879 people, or 1 in 4,786. In France Grand is most numerous in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 36 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 13 percent live and Île-de-France, where 12 percent live. Barring France it occurs in 144 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent live and Pakistan, where 9 percent live.
Grand Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Grand has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Grand surname increased 1,076 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 208 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 12 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it increased 550 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 25 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Grand Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Grand surname is principally Catholic (94%) in Ireland, Orthodox (89%) in Russia and Orthodox (90%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Grand surname are 2.36% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.59% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Grand earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 10.21% less than the national average, earning 310,743 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 30.67% less than the national average, earning R 164,760 per year; in Colombia they earn 34.36% more than the national average, earning $30,504,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.82% more than the national average, earning $47,817 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.51% more than the national average, earning $58,881 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Grand Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Grand in the Georgian language | ||
| გრანდ | grand | - |
| Grand in the Hindi language | ||
| ग्रन्द | granda | 82.05 |
| ग्रंद | granda | 5.13 |
| ग्रँड | gramda | 2.56 |
| गिरन्द | giranda | 2.56 |
| ग्रान्ड | granda | 2.56 |
| गा्रंड | garanda | 2.56 |
| गजेन्द्र | gajendra | 2.56 |
| Grand in the Russian language | ||
| Гранд | grand | - |
| Grand in the Arabic language | ||
| غراند | ghrand | - |
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