Grayton Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Palau

Grayton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grayton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2021:1,794,351117,764
England201:2,785,90397,972
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Isle of Man31:28,6073,614
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Palau11:21,643223
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:761,73034,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:1,115,97164,142

Grayton (137) may also be a first name.

Grayton Last Name Facts

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

The last name Grayton has its highest incidence in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grayton? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,048,281st most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. The surname Grayton occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Grayton reside; 89 percent reside in North America and 88 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Grayton is also the 790,880th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 137 people.

Grayton is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 202 people, or 1 in 1,794,351. In The United States Grayton is mostly found in: Maryland, where 20 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 19 percent reside and District of Columbia, where 19 percent reside. Apart from The United States Grayton is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

Grayton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Grayton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Grayton surname expanded 449 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 37 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grayton Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Grayton last name are 41.36% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 94.59% registered to vote for the political party.

Grayton earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.94% more than the national average, earning $47,008 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
  • 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 Grayton
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