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
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Grand Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grand Come From? nationality or country of origin
Grand (Arabic: غراند, Georgian: გრანდ, Hindi: ग्रन्द, Russian: Гранд) occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Grand click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Grand? popularity and diffusion
It is the 19,089th most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 253,084 people. The last name Grand occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Grand are found; 56 percent are found in Western Europe and 53 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Grand is also the 125,472nd most prevalent forename globally It is held by 3,259 people.
Grand is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 13,879 people, or 1 in 4,786. In France it is most frequent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 36 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 13 percent live and Île-de-France, where 12 percent live. Outside of France this surname is found in 144 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent live and Pakistan, where 9 percent live.
Grand Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Grand has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,076 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 208 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 12 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 550 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 25 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Grand Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily 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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