Graydon Surname

135,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Graydon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Graydon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4101:257,06324,315
Canada6251:58,9536,943
England5111:109,03711,327
Australia3081:87,64810,106
Ireland1921:24,5262,352
New Zealand1021:44,3957,335
Northern Ireland491:37,6543,578
Scotland421:127,4727,985
Wales171:182,03112,022
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
France91:7,380,302306,885
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Guam11:160,1214,893
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1791:24,7482,681
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2571:94,8469,727
Scotland121:311,9359,798
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1851:271,45222,076

Graydon (2,831) may also be a first name.

Graydon Last Name Facts

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

The last name Graydon is found most in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Graydon? popularity and diffusion

It is the 135,040th most commonly held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 2,187,795 people. The last name Graydon is primarily found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Graydon live; 61 percent live in North America and 61 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 136,923rd most frequent first name internationally, held by 2,831 people.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 1,410 people, or 1 in 257,063. In The United States Graydon is mostly found in: Georgia, where 15 percent live, California, where 14 percent live and Alabama, where 8 percent live. Not including The United States it occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 19 percent live and England, where 15 percent live.

Graydon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Graydon has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 762 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 199 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 107 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 350 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Graydon Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Anglican (55%) in Ireland.

In The United States Graydon are 23.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.69% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Graydon earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 4.47% more than the national average, earning R 248,256 per year; in United States they earn 4.35% more than the national average, earning $45,024 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.63% more than the national average, earning $57,944 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gradon92417/
Graddon86324/
Gradone86173/
Graudon8620/
Greydon8611/
Graedon867/
Gradond861/
Graydan860/
Greadon860/
Graudone802/
Grydan77333/
Gradoń77288/
Gridon7795/
Gradun7749/
Gradan7722/
Gredon776/
Gradão774/
Gradom773/
Grydun771/
Grajdan71378/
Greydan7139/
Gredone7114/
Graidun711/
Gradhan711/
Graudom711/
Graidan711/
Gridond711/
Griddon710/
Gridgon710/
Gruedon710/
Graddan710/
Gradhand6724/
Graijdan672/
Grajedan671/
Gradasin671/

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Graydon Reference & Research

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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 Graydon
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