Greswell Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Greswell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greswell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England661:844,21344,691
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England691:353,26622,372
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Greswell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Greswell is found most frequently in England. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Greswell? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,871,545th most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Greswell reside; 69 percent reside in Northern Europe and 69 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name Greswell is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 844,213. In England it is most numerous in: Lincolnshire, where 20 percent live, Nottinghamshire, where 17 percent live and Derbyshire, where 12 percent live. Not including England Greswell occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 20 percent live and Chile, where 5 percent live.

Greswell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Greswell has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name declined 4 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Greswell Last Name Statistics demography

Greswell earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 18.44% more than the national average, earning $58,847 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gresswell94695/
Grieswell9435/
Greeswell940/
Greswel934/
Griswell88637/
Gresswel881/
Groswell880/
Graswell880/
Grisswell8225/
Grasswell8210/
Grosswell822/
Griswel807/
Graswel804/
Gresuel801/
Grisweld751/
Grizwell750/
Griswill750/
Grasswill71101/
Grizzwell710/
Greisbøl637/
Griswild632/

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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 Greswell
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