Grigway Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

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

Grigway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grigway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:30,204,911765,334
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Grigway Last Name Facts

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

The last name Grigway is most common in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Grigway click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grigway? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Grigway are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 30,204,911. In The United States Grigway is primarily found in: Massachusetts, where 33 percent are found, Florida, where 25 percent are found and New Hampshire, where 17 percent are found.

Grigway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Grigway has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Grigway last name expanded 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Grigway Last Name Statistics demography

Grigway earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.03% more than the national average, earning $44,458 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gregway8626/
Grigby7711/
Griqwa779/
Gregwa771/
Grikwa771/
Grigvy770/
Griekwa7146/
Gregwah713/
Grigbey711/
Griguaa711/
G'Riguaa671/
Greckway670/

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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 Grigway
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