Grighton Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Grighton Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Grighton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grighton Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Grighton is borne by more people in Scotland than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Grighton? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most widespread surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Grighton live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in British Isles.
It is most widespread in Scotland, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 764,831. In Scotland Grighton is most numerous in: City of Edinburgh, where 57 percent reside and Angus, where 43 percent reside. Other than Scotland this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Grighton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Grighton has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people carrying the Grighton last name expanded 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Grighton
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