Grateful Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Grateful Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grateful Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Grateful (224) may also be a first name.

Grateful Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grateful occurs most in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grateful? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Grateful occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Grateful are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Grateful is also the 601,629th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 224 people.

Grateful is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States Grateful is most numerous in: Florida, where 33 percent are found, California, where 17 percent are found and Colorado, where 17 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found and Cameroon, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Greatful883/
Gratuvil751/
Gorateval711/
Gratuvill711/
Gratophel710/
Gratvol6735/
Kratfel6728/
Goratevale6720/
Gartfil6711/
Kratfil671/
Guertefela671/
Gartfel671/

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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 Grateful
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