Granval Surname

775,315th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 366 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Granval Surname User-submission:

Only one family and descendant families exist in New Zealand carrying this name. This name first appeared in New Zealand in 1910 with the first written record appearing on wedding papers dated 1912 when a Frithjof AlbertWaldemar Granwal (so he claimed) married Lillian Monckton Leaver in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

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Granval Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France3421:194,21830,213
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Granval (23) may also be a first name.

Granval Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Only one family and descendant families exist in New Zealand carrying this name. This name first appeared in New Zealand in 1910 with the first written record appearing on wedding papers dated 1912 when a Frithjof AlbertWaldemar Granwal (so he claimed) married Lillian Monckton Leaver in Palmerston North, New Zealand. He stated that he was born in Oregon, USA in 1888, his father being Albert, a rope maker and his mother Joanne. No such people have surfaced from extensive record searches. Frithjof, from that point in time only ever recorded his name as Frank Granwal and once as Frank Granval. He spoke several languages and English with a guttural Germanic accent, maybe Swedish or Norwegian. He disappeared from New Zealand's records in 1928 never to be heard from again.

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Granval Last Name Facts

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

The last name Granval is found most in France. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Granval? popularity and diffusion

The surname Granval is the 775,315th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 19,911,328 people. The last name Granval is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Granval reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Granval is also the 2,239,265th most frequent first name globally, borne by 23 people.

It is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 342 people, or 1 in 194,218. In France Granval is primarily found in: Normandy, where 35 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 21 percent reside and Occitanie, where 17 percent reside. Other than France Granval exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 3 percent reside and Argentina, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Granvald9319/
Granvall9313/
Granvalle881/
Granwal866/
Grönvall801,265/
Granvold80189/
Gronvall80168/
Grenvall8071/
Granvoll8046/
Gronvald8038/
Gronvalt803/
Granball802/
Grönvald801/
Granwalt800/
Granwall800/
Greenvall7516/
Gronvaldt753/
Groenvall752/
Greanwalt751/
Greanwald750/
Grambal7134/
Gronwal711/
Gronwald671,187/
Gronvold67253/
Gronwall67100/
Grönvold6736/
Grzambal6720/
Grönvoll6711/
Gronwalt674/
Gramwall671/
Gronwale670/
Gromvall670/

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