Granville Surname

63,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,857 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Granville Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Grenville,' doubtless the same as Granville, a familiar seaport of Lower Normandy. The Grenvilles of Wootton, Buckinghamshire, descend from Richard de Grenville, who came in with the Conqueror in the train of Walter Giffard, Earl of Longueville and Buckingham; v.

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Granville Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8091:129,03513,625
Nigeria1,2431:142,5129,117
England8991:61,9787,298
France5971:111,26116,626
Brazil5241:408,53915,529
Jamaica3141:9,1401,024
Canada2881:127,93613,339
Australia2221:121,60213,381
Ireland1201:39,2413,109
New Zealand1161:39,0376,614
Belgium1101:104,51515,788
South Africa1101:492,52540,325
Guyana861:8,8631,398
Wales701:44,2084,243
Dominican Republic621:168,2736,481
Haiti491:218,0398,036
Scotland271:198,29010,618
Trinidad and Tobago261:52,4614,513
Northern Ireland251:73,8015,249
Guernsey221:2,929767
Netherlands211:804,15159,518
Curaçao191:8,276277
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
China51:273,464,31313,838
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Anguilla21:6,718471
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1091:40,6413,695
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3921:62,1827,229
Wales361:43,5672,298
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4651:107,99710,802

Granville (11,517) may also be a first name.

Granville Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Grenville,' doubtless the same as Granville, a familiar seaport of Lower Normandy. The Grenvilles of Wootton, Buckinghamshire, descend from Richard de Grenville, who came in with the Conqueror in the train of Walter Giffard, Earl of Longueville and Buckingham; v. Lower's Patronymica Britannica. I subjoin a few spellings from the Hundred Rolls:

Thomas de Grenville, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Richard de Grenville, Oxfordshire, ibid.

William de Grenvile, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Adam de Greynevile, Wiltshire, ibid.

Eustace de Greynville, Buckinghamshire, ibid.

1666. Richard Grenvill (Buckinghamshire) and Elianore Temple: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

1676. Robert Maur and Elizabeth Greinvile: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(French-Latin) belonging to Granville or Grandville (France) = the Big Estate, Farm, or Village [French grand(e, Latin grand-is, big+French ville, Latin villa] This name was Latinized in our me­diæval records de Granda Villa.

N.B.—Grandville in Belgium is a corrupt form of Gerenne-vilhe = Warin’s Estate.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Local. (French.) A town in France on the English channel, Grande—ville—the great town or city. De Grandville.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

The Grenvilles or Greenfields of Neath and Bideford adopted, instead of the paternal coat (a cross), the three rests of the Earls of Gloucester, their feudal suzerains. The name, however, was still written Grenville, Greenfield, and Grenfell, though the Earls of Bath adopted the form of Granville. A fabulous pedigree was concocted for this family in the 17th cent., making them descend from Fitz-Hamon; but this descent is absolutely with­out proof. See Grenville. Hence the Earls of Bath and Lords Granville.

The Norman People (1874)

Granville Last Name Facts

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

Granville (Marathi: गवील) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Granville? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 63,745th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 927,523 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Granville are found; 31 percent are found in North America and 31 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Granville is also the 55,712th most widespread first name globally, held by 11,517 people.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 2,809 people, or 1 in 129,035. In The United States Granville is most numerous in: California, where 8 percent reside, Georgia, where 8 percent reside and Texas, where 8 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 59 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 16 percent reside and England, where 11 percent reside.

Granville Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Granville has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Granville surname grew 604 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 229 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 110 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it grew 194 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Granville Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Granville last name is primarily Catholic (95%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Granville last name are 5.53% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.76% being registered with the party.

The amount Granville earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 43.45% less than the national average, earning R 134,376 per year; in United States they earn 7.07% less than the national average, earning $40,098 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.77% more than the national average, earning $55,529 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Granville Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Granville in the Marathi language
गवीलgavila-

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