Grant-Smith Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Grant-Smith Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Grant & Smith.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grant-Smith Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa671:808,62254,680
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
England111:5,065,278148,650
Jamaica81:358,7438,527
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340

Grant-Smith Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Grant-Smith Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Grant-Smith is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grant-Smith? popularity and diffusion

Grant-Smith is the 1,441,361st most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. The last name Grant-Smith is primarily found in Africa, where 45 percent of Grant-Smith are found; 45 percent are found in Southern Africa and 45 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 808,622. In South Africa Grant-Smith is most common in: Western Cape, where 51 percent are found, Gauteng, where 27 percent are found and Free State, where 10 percent are found. Besides South Africa this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Australia, where 15 percent are found.

Grant-Smith Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Grant-Smith has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Grant-Smith last name rose 110 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grant-Smith Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Grant-Smith earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 164.09% more than the national average, earning R 627,576 per year and in United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD 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
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  • 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 Grant-Smith
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