Grange Surname
Approximately 21,104 people bear this surname
Grange Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the grange'; Old French grange, a granary, or barn for corn.' Johannes attes Prious, et Alicia uxor ejus, fermour del graunge': 1379, Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes del Grange, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Read More About This SurnameGrange Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 12,312 | 1:5,395 | 445 |
| England | 2,743 | 1:20,313 | 2,878 |
| United States | 2,427 | 1:149,344 | 15,384 |
| Italy | 732 | 1:83,547 | 14,536 |
| Switzerland | 461 | 1:17,815 | 2,929 |
| Australia | 429 | 1:62,927 | 7,576 |
| Canada | 265 | 1:139,040 | 14,308 |
| South Africa | 226 | 1:239,724 | 24,596 |
| Jamaica | 164 | 1:17,500 | 1,607 |
| Brazil | 148 | 1:1,446,448 | 48,665 |
| New Zealand | 127 | 1:35,656 | 6,115 |
| Paraguay | 117 | 1:61,853 | 1,683 |
| Thailand | 113 | 1:625,118 | 105,836 |
| Ireland | 113 | 1:41,672 | 3,227 |
| Spain | 110 | 1:425,019 | 22,707 |
| Argentina | 100 | 1:427,434 | 32,472 |
| Wales | 85 | 1:36,406 | 3,615 |
| Haiti | 57 | 1:187,437 | 7,398 |
| Belgium | 41 | 1:280,406 | 33,354 |
| Northern Ireland | 32 | 1:57,657 | 4,597 |
| Scotland | 32 | 1:167,307 | 9,494 |
| Israel | 32 | 1:267,426 | 24,032 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 1:1,589,688 | 20,788 |
| Chile | 18 | 1:978,693 | 19,774 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Belize | 11 | 1:32,316 | 2,112 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 76 | 1:58,288 | 4,634 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,708 | 1:14,271 | 2,135 |
| Scotland | 31 | 1:120,749 | 5,564 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 517 | 1:97,135 | 9,878 |
The alternate forms: Grangé (203), Grangê (1) & Grangè (1) are calculated separately.
Grange (304) may also be a first name.
Grange Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the grange'; Old French grange, a granary, or barn for corn.' Johannes attes Prious, et Alicia uxor ejus, fermour del graunge': 1379, Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes del Grange, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Simon del Graunge, 1379: ibid.
Alicia del Graunge, 1379: ibid.
Gregorius del Grange, 1379: ibid.
From residence at or beside a grange. Alexander Grange alias Campbell in Achunahainat, 1768 (Durness).
(Anglo-French-Latin) Dweller at a Barn, Granary, or Farm-House [French grange, a barn, etc.; from Latin gran-um, corn] For he is wont for tymber for to go, And dwellen at the grange a day or two.— Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 3667-8.
(English, Scottish) One who was in charge of a farmhouse with outbuildings; one who came from Grange (farm), the name of many places in Scotland.
French A barn; applied in monastic times to the homestead of an outlying manor belonging to an abbey or priory. Mr. Chas. Knight says, "a lone farm-house."
William de Grandeis of Normandy 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Adam de Granges, England, c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
Grange: is given elsewhere; hence Granger and Grange.
Grange is an ancient English surname. It is also represented in the West Riding and in Bucks. Two centuries ago John Grange was patron of the living of Widford, Herts, and Francis Grange was the incumbent (Cus.). This is a common place - name in England.
Grange Demographics
Grange Religious Adherence
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Grange Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grange Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Grange is most common in France. It can be found as: Grangé, Grangê or Grangè. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Grange? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 25,535th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 345,316 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Grange live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Grange is also the 504,994th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 304 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in France, where it is held by 12,312 people, or 1 in 5,395. In France Grange is most frequent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 58 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 11 percent are found and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account France this surname exists in 73 countries. It is also found in England, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.
Grange Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Grange has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Grange last name increased 161 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 469 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 149 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,417 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 103 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Grange Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Presbyterian (39%) in Ireland and Melkite Greek Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Grange are 17.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.43% registered with the party.
The amount Grange earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 86.06% more than the national average, earning R 442,152 per year; in United States they earn 13.09% more than the national average, earning $48,799 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.89% more than the national average, earning $54,098 CAD per year.
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