Gribby Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Denmark

Gribby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gribby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England851:655,50738,035
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Gribby Last Name Facts

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

Gribby is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gribby? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,775,494th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Gribby is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Gribby reside; 92 percent reside in Northern Europe and 79 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 655,507. In England Gribby is mostly concentrated in: Nottinghamshire, where 69 percent reside, Hampshire, where 16 percent reside and Derbyshire, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account England Gribby is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 12 percent reside and Canada, where 7 percent reside.

Gribby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gribby has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Gribby last name grew 1,214 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grisbby921/
Gribbey920/
Grebby83212/
Gribbe83126/
Grubby8398/
Gribbi836/
Gribba832/
Gribbet772/
Grubboy772/
Gribber771/
Grubbay771/
Greabby771/
Gribbie770/
Gribbett711/
Grubbe671,070/
Grebbe6764/
Grebba6716/
Grevby6710/
Grubbi676/
Gribbetts671/
Grebber6218/
Grübber621/
Grebbie620/
Gribuer620/
Grebways571/
Grivva504/

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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
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  • 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 Gribby
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