Grigorov Surname

40,691st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,876 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Grigorov Surname User-submission:

This is a common family name in Bulgaria, which comes from Grigor, which means 'watchful'.

Grigorov Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria6,9621:1,002129
Russia4,7931:30,0694,129
United States1981:1,830,601119,637
Romania1711:117,41413,028
Kazakhstan1061:166,81616,295
Serbia861:83,0817,083
Spain681:687,53030,300
Uzbekistan651:475,83311,089
Canada401:921,14070,350
Moldova381:93,72011,459
England381:1,466,26563,675
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
Belarus261:365,42538,396
Estonia231:57,47010,794
Greece231:481,73061,288
France221:3,019,215204,848
Israel181:475,42436,085
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Armenia161:183,1365,171
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Czechia131:817,95970,223
Kyrgyzstan131:459,43535,797
Croatia111:384,41933,360
North Macedonia101:210,14713,835
Hungary91:1,090,69749,203
Georgia91:416,17216,412
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Wales41:773,63329,106
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Latvia41:512,51230,386
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Grigorov (17) may also be a first name.

Grigorov Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a common family name in Bulgaria, which comes from Grigor, which means 'watchful'.

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Grigorov Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grigorov (Georgian: გრიგოროვი, Russian: Григоров) is found in Bulgaria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grigorov? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 40,691st most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 565,979 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Grigorov live; 55 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 55 percent live in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,694,839th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 17 people.

Grigorov is most frequently held in Bulgaria, where it is held by 6,962 people, or 1 in 1,002. In Bulgaria it is mostly found in: Sofia City Province, where 35 percent reside, Sofia Province, where 10 percent reside and Plovdiv Province, where 6 percent reside. Besides Bulgaria Grigorov is found in 47 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 37 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Grigorov Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Grigorov last name is primarily Orthodox (85%) in Russia and Orthodox (87%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Grigorov last name are 10.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.64% registered with the political party.

The amount Grigorov earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 190.58% more than the national average, earning R 690,540 per year; in United States they earn 23% more than the national average, earning $53,075 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.85% less than the national average, earning $49,259 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Grigorov Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grigorov in the Georgian language
გრიგოროვიgrigorovi77.78
გრიგოროვgrigorov22.22
Grigorov in the Russian language
Григоровgrigorov-

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