Grills Surname

127,368th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,562 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Grills Surname Definition:

A friend renders this surname a grasshopper or cricket (grillus, gryllus, a cricket; in later times perhaps used to designate a locust). But the name is rather from the manor of Grylls or Garles, in Lesneweth, near the rocks called the Gryils or Garles.

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Grills Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2081:300,04927,679
Australia1,1321:23,8483,267
Canada8301:44,3925,475
England2511:221,98418,690
Northern Ireland431:42,9083,866
Ireland381:123,9196,102
Wales211:147,35910,403
Isle of Man81:10,7282,153
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
China21:683,660,78330,601
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland711:62,3924,829
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2801:87,0559,135
Wales141:112,0304,740
Scotland81:467,90212,875
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1991:252,35520,860

Grills Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A friend renders this surname a grasshopper or cricket (grillus, gryllus, a cricket; in later times perhaps used to designate a locust). But the name is rather from the manor of Grylls or Garles, in Lesneweth, near the rocks called the Gryils or Garles. Hence the surname Gryllo.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Grills Last Name Facts

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

Grills occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grills? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 127,368th most frequent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,045,914 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Grills reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Grills is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 1,208 people, or 1 in 300,049. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Tennessee, where 13 percent are found, Connecticut, where 9 percent are found and Ohio, where 9 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 32 percent are found and Canada, where 23 percent are found.

Grills Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Grills has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Grills last name expanded 607 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 10 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 46 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 62 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grills Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Anglican (52%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Grills last name are 24.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.37% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Grills earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 3.79% less than the national average, earning $41,515 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.03% less than the national average, earning $49,669 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grilles9234/
Griells928/
Grillse920/
Grils914/
Grylls83803/
Grälls8362/
Grölls831/
Grells830/
Graells771,429/
Grelles7724/
Gruells771/
Grillez771/
Groells771/
Grilz73459/
Gröls7343/
Grels736/
Gryls732/
Grles731/
Grüls731/
Gruelles7150/
Graelles717/
Groels67126/
Graels6723/
Gruels676/
Grilce672/
Grelse671/
Graelss621/
Grölz55135/
Grelz5521/
Groelz5054/
Grelze500/

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