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

The surname Grills occurs most in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grills? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 127,368th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,045,914 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Grills live; 57 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Grills is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,208 people, or 1 in 300,049. In The United States Grills is most numerous in: Tennessee, where 13 percent are found, Connecticut, where 9 percent are found and Ohio, where 9 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 32 percent are found and Canada, where 23 percent are found.

Grills Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

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

Grills Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally 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 national average, with 71.37% being registered with 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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