Grijs Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Grijs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 55 | 1:307,040 | 36,360 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Grijs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grijs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Grijs occurs most in The Netherlands. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Grijs.
How Common Is The Last Name Grijs? popularity and diffusion
The surname Grijs is the 2,333,370th most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Grijs live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 307,040. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 35 percent are found, Zeeland, where 18 percent are found and North Holland, where 13 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands Grijs is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 15 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Grijs
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