Grigsbey Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

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

Grigsbey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grigsbey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States481:1,046,22361,047

Grigsbey Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grigsbey is found most frequently in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Grigsbey? popularity and diffusion

The surname Grigsbey is the 11,742,229th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Grigsbey occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Grigsbey live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Virginia, where 50 percent are found and Washington, where 50 percent are found.

Grigsbey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Grigsbey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Grigsbey surname decreased 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grigsby9315,798/
Griggsby88117/
Ghrigsby88106/
Grigsbay8816/
Grisgsby8814/
Grigssby881/
Grigsbys881/
Grigsbee881/
Gregsbey880/
Griegsby880/
Grigsboy880/
Greagsbey8244/
Ghrisgsby821/
D'Grigsby821/
Griggsbay820/
Griggsbee820/
Greggsbey820/
Gregsby8011/
Grigsba809/
Grigsvy804/
Grygsby801/
Grugsby800/
Greagsby7578/
Gresgsby751/
Greggsby750/
Greegsby750/
Grixby7116/
Greaksby631/

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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 Grigsbey
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