Greyston Surname

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

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Greyston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greyston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Greyston (19) may also be a first name.

Greyston Last Name Facts

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

The surname Greyston occurs most in England. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Greyston? popularity and diffusion

Greyston is the 5,057,639th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Greyston reside; 60 percent reside in Northern Europe and 60 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 2,523,061st most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 19 people.

The surname is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 6,964,757. In England it is primarily found in: Greater London, where 75 percent reside, Herefordshire, where 13 percent reside and Merseyside, where 13 percent reside. Apart from England this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Canada, where 13 percent reside.

Greyston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Greyston has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Greyston surname expanded 114 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Greyston Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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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 Greyston
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