Gribble Surname

58,176th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,697 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Gribble Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Grimbald,' a once familiar personal name in England. Gribble is the modern accepted surnominal form, although the more correct Grimble exists. Grimbald, a Saxon saint, was a monk of St.

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Gribble Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,2191:69,4508,064
Australia1,1121:24,2773,330
England1,0791:51,6396,359
New Zealand4991:9,0751,565
South Africa3171:170,90818,978
Canada1041:354,28532,012
Scotland981:54,6314,602
Wales871:35,5693,540
Thailand721:981,088150,124
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Qatar61:393,00055,922
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
France31:22,140,907385,998
Jersey31:33,0674,675
China31:455,773,85521,925
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Macau11:601,6301,582
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0251:23,7813,316
Wales361:43,5672,298
Scotland171:220,1897,953
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0011:50,1695,703

Gribble (12) may also be a first name.

Gribble Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Grimbald,' a once familiar personal name in England. Gribble is the modern accepted surnominal form, although the more correct Grimble exists. Grimbald, a Saxon saint, was a monk of St. Omer, but placed at Oxford by King Alfred. Amongst the benefactorsof Conishead Priory, in Furness, was 'Jordan, fil. Hugh, fil. Grimbald' (West's Ant. of Furness). Grimbald of Plessis joined a rebellion against Duke William (Freeman's Norman Conq. ii. 244).

Grimbaldns Aurifaber, Wiltshire: Domesday.

Grimbald or Grinbaud Pancefot, Gloucestershire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Gregory Grimbawd, Oxfordshire, ibid.

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

A corrupt form of Grimbald, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Or Grebell, from Grabol. Richard Grabol, Normandy, 1180- 95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae).

The Norman People (1874)

A location name in Devon.

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

Gribble Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gribble is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gribble? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 58,176th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 837,938 people. The surname Gribble occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Gribble live; 61 percent live in North America and 61 percent live in Anglo-North America. Gribble is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 12 people.

The last name Gribble is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 5,219 people, or 1 in 69,450. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 10 percent live, Tennessee, where 7 percent live and Ohio, where 7 percent live. Other than The United States it exists in 42 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 13 percent live and England, where 12 percent live.

Gribble Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Gribble has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gribble last name grew 521 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 105 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 576 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 242 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gribble Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Gribble last name are 19.62% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.39% being registered with the political party.

The amount Gribble earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 0.92% less than the national average, earning R 235,452 per year; in United States they earn 1.03% less than the national average, earning $42,703 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.83% more than the national average, earning $53,077 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gribbles9314/
Gribbler9310/
Ghribble933/
Griebble931/
Gribbl922/
Gribbel8635/
Grubble863/
Gribbla861/
Grebble860/
Gribbly860/
Gribbell80193/
Grebbles800/
Gruebble800/
Grubbli714/
Grebbel711/
Grebbell6719/

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