Greswold Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Greswold Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the greswold,' i.e. the wold whereon the gris or grice fed; v. Grice.

George Greswold, or Gryswold, or Grysold, 1533: Register of the University of Oxford.

Greswold Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States631:797,12249,780

Greswold Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the greswold,' i.e. the wold whereon the gris or grice fed; v. Grice.

George Greswold, or Gryswold, or Grysold, 1533: Register of the University of Oxford.

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

Greswold Last Name Facts

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

The last name Greswold is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Greswold.

How Common Is The Last Name Greswold? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Greswold are found; 60 percent are found in Northern Europe and 60 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most common in England, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 6,190,895. In England Greswold is most frequent in: Staffordshire, where 44 percent reside, East Riding of Yorkshire, where 44 percent reside and West Yorkshire, where 11 percent reside. Other than England this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent reside and France, where 7 percent reside.

Greswold Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Greswold has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Greswold last name rose 180 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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