Grice Surname
Approximately 21,420 people bear this surname
Grice Surname Definition:
(Anglo-Scand.) a nickname from the Pig [Middle English and Dialectal English grice, gryce, gris(e, grys(e a pig; Old Norse gríss (Dano-Norwegian and Swedish gris, a pig] ‘I have no peny’ quod Piers, ‘Pulettes to bugge [buy] Ne neither gees ne grys.
Read More About This SurnameGrice Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,722 | 1:30,921 | 3,849 |
| England | 6,097 | 1:9,139 | 1,335 |
| Australia | 1,756 | 1:15,373 | 2,182 |
| Canada | 712 | 1:51,749 | 6,229 |
| New Zealand | 346 | 1:13,088 | 2,276 |
| Wales | 257 | 1:12,041 | 1,339 |
| Scotland | 112 | 1:47,802 | 4,201 |
| South Africa | 74 | 1:732,131 | 51,520 |
| Colombia | 53 | 1:901,398 | 8,853 |
| Liberia | 33 | 1:133,592 | 9,935 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Ireland | 30 | 1:156,965 | 7,012 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Spain | 17 | 1:2,750,120 | 61,567 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 33 | 1:134,238 | 7,606 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,022 | 1:8,066 | 1,227 |
| Wales | 59 | 1:26,583 | 1,512 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:27,135 | 1,659 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,780 | 1:28,213 | 3,458 |
Grice (470) may also be a first name.
Grice Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-Scand.) a nickname from the Pig [Middle English and Dialectal English grice, gryce, gris(e, grys(e a pig; Old Norse gríss (Dano-Norwegian and Swedish gris, a pig] ‘I have no peny’ quod Piers, ‘Pulettes to bugge [buy] Ne neither gees ne grys.’ —Piers Plowman, 4361-3.
(Anglo-French-Teut.) Grey, Grizzled [Anglo-French grys (French gris), Old Saxon and O.H. Ger. grís (Ger. greis] His hackeney, which that was al pomely grys [dapple-grey].— Chaucer, Cant. Tales, G 559.
“Grey” (Gris) in Old French.
Old French, A pig. See Purcell.
Richard de Grisy, Normandy, 1180; Richard de Grise, or Grisey, 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Eustachius Gris, England, 1189 (Rot. Pip.).
From the Old Norse, Gris; from the Danish, Greis; from the German, Gries, Greis; from the Flemish, Gries; a personal name.
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Grice Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grice Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Grice is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Grice click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Grice? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 25,185th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 340,222 people. The surname Grice occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Grice live; 57 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Anglo-North America. Grice is also the 392,739th most widespread first name internationally, held by 470 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 11,722 people, or 1 in 30,921. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, North Carolina, where 9 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 61 countries. It also occurs in England, where 28 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.
Grice Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Grice has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Grice surname rose 659 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 202 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 436 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 1,600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 9 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Grice Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (48%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Grice last name are 9.6% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.37% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Grice earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 66.52% more than the national average, earning R 395,724 per year; in Colombia they earn 22.88% less than the national average, earning $17,508,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.39% less than the national average, earning $39,096 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.95% more than the national average, earning $52,641 CAD per year.
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