Granite Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Granite Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Granite Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:1,989,93178,001
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Granite (120) may also be a first name.

Granite Last Name Facts

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

Granite is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Granite? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,185,033rd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Granite are found; 76 percent are found in Northern Europe and 76 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 852,104th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 120 people.

The last name Granite is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 1,989,931. In England Granite is primarily concentrated in: Merseyside, where 54 percent live, Lancashire, where 32 percent live and Bedfordshire, where 7 percent live. Excluding England Granite is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 8 percent live and Afghanistan, where 3 percent live.

Granite Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Granite has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Granite surname grew 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Granite Last Name Statistics demography

Granite earn a lot more than the average income. In Canada they earn 49.27% more than the national average, earning $74,164 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Granite
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