Greatorex Surname

151,937th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,898 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Greatorex Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the great ridge'; v. Rigg and Ridge, (a) Local, 'at the great rake or rakes.' 'Rake, a rut, crack, or crevice. North'(Halliwell). In Furness and Cumberland it seems to have been a sheep-track up the fells.

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Greatorex Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,0221:27,5563,746
United States4381:827,53263,418
Australia1891:142,83415,308
Wales571:54,2904,971
Canada531:695,20056,020
South Africa391:1,389,17274,222
Scotland211:254,94412,577
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
Northern Ireland191:97,1076,126
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malta11:430,2723,380
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9171:26,5823,644
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Greatorex Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the great ridge'; v. Rigg and Ridge, (a) Local, 'at the great rake or rakes.' 'Rake, a rut, crack, or crevice. North'(Halliwell). In Furness and Cumberland it seems to have been a sheep-track up the fells. But of this I cannot speak positively. I had both Rake and Outrake as localities in my late parish (Ulverston). Probably Raikes owes its origin to one of these many places. Thus Greatorex seems to be either 'of the great ridge' or 'of the great rakes,' from residence thereby. If the former, then ridge has been sharpened into rex.

1382. Augustine Brandon and Elizabeth Greatracks, of Westham, Essex: Marriage Lic. (London).

1647. Married — Samuel Gratrix and Jane Wingfield: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1659. Married — John Greatrake and Ursula Whitaker: ibid.

1697. — James Berry and Rebecca Greatrick: ibid.

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

(English) Dweller at the Great Rakes [Old English greát + Northern English and Scot. rake, raik, (1) a rut or crevice; (2) a (sheep-) walk]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Or Greatorick, from Gayteric, the old form of Catterick, York, in which county the name remains common. See Cartwright.

The Norman People (1874)

From Great Rocks; a hamlet, Tideswell, Derbyshire (?).

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Derbyshire name of Greatorex is evidently derived from Great Rocks, a hamlet in the parish of Wormhill. Greatrix and Gratrix are now Lancashire forms of the name. James Greatrex was a borongh - reeve of Manchester in 1758 (Baines' "Lancashire"). The name is also found in Staffordshire.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Greatorex Last Name Facts

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

The last name Greatorex is most common in England. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Greatorex? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 151,937th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,514,681 people. The last name Greatorex is mostly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Greatorex live; 73 percent live in Northern Europe and 73 percent live in British Isles.

Greatorex is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 2,022 people, or 1 in 27,556. In England Greatorex is primarily concentrated in: Derbyshire, where 21 percent are found, Nottinghamshire, where 12 percent are found and Greater London, where 5 percent are found. Not including England this last name occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.

Greatorex Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Greatorex has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Greatorex last name increased 221 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 2,190 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 5,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Greatorex Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Greatorex surname are 1.23% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52% being registered with the political party.

The amount Greatorex earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 185.81% more than the national average, earning R 679,188 per year; in United States they earn 23.76% more than the national average, earning $53,400 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.97% less than the national average, earning $47,213 CAD per year.

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