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 in England more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Greyston click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Greyston? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Greyston occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Greyston are found; 60 percent are found in Northern Europe and 60 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 2,523,061st most numerous first name globally, borne by 19 people.

The surname Greyston is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 6,964,757. In England Greyston is most frequent in: Greater London, where 75 percent are found, Herefordshire, where 13 percent are found and Merseyside, where 13 percent are found. Not including England it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 13 percent are found.

Greyston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Greyston has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Greyston surname grew 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 adherence of those holding the last name is primarily 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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