Grimaldi Surname

11,976th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46,862 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Monaco

Grimaldi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grimaldi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy27,6001:2,216142
United States6,1911:58,5466,936
France3,8901:17,0751,870
Argentina2,7411:15,5941,380
Brazil1,3581:157,6396,067
Mexico1,0471:118,5544,092
Spain9201:50,8174,751
Venezuela4071:74,2113,085
Canada3761:97,99410,662
El Salvador2461:25,7881,027
Belgium2301:49,9858,138
England2041:273,12821,453
Australia2011:134,30714,542
Peru1901:167,2858,420
Dominican Republic1691:61,7333,013
Switzerland1471:55,8707,138
Germany1421:566,94046,426
Chile1371:128,5874,557
Uruguay1011:33,9783,937
Paraguay631:114,8692,572
South Africa501:1,083,55464,652
Indonesia501:2,644,984153,918
Guatemala491:328,2184,622
Ecuador461:345,7799,453
Netherlands351:482,49146,668
Sweden341:289,61020,124
Colombia271:1,769,41011,599
Monaco271:1,37336
Thailand261:2,716,859279,944
Wales211:147,35910,403
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Honduras91:979,6054,574
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
China21:683,660,78330,601
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Malta11:430,2723,380
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England681:358,46122,559
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Grimaldi (694) may also be a first name.

Grimaldi Last Name Facts

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

Grimaldi (Arabic: غريمالدي, Georgian: გრიმალდი, Russian: Гримальди) is most common in Italy. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grimaldi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 11,976th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 155,511 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Grimaldi are found; 61 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 59 percent are found in Italic Europe. It is also the 313,811th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 694 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Italy, where it is held by 27,600 people, or 1 in 2,216. In Italy it is mostly concentrated in: Campania, where 44 percent reside, Apulia, where 10 percent reside and Sicily, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Italy this surname is found in 90 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent reside and France, where 8 percent reside.

Grimaldi Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Grimaldi has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Grimaldi last name rose 44,221 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 420 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grimaldi Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Grimaldi last name are 4.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.82% registered with the party.

The amount Grimaldi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 37.42% more than the national average, earning €41,268 per year; in Peru they earn 29.2% more than the national average, earning S/. 25,045 per year; in South Africa they earn 86.83% more than the national average, earning R 443,988 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.49% less than the national average, earning $21,456,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.44% more than the national average, earning $48,950 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.47% more than the national average, earning $53,394 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grimaldis94387/
Grismaldi9426/
Grimaldiz947/
Grimaldie943/
Grimaldit942/
Grimmaldi941/
Grimaldii941/
Grimaldei941/
Grimoldi883,445/
Grimaldy88134/
Grimalde88115/
Grimalda8850/
Grumaldi881/
Gremaldi881/
Grimaldes8247/
Grimaldez8228/
Ghrimoldi825/
Grismalde821/
Grismoldi821/
Grimoldy754/
Grimoldey711/
Grumolde634/

Grimaldi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grimaldi in the Georgian language
გრიმალდიgrimaldi-
Grimaldi in the Russian language
Гримальдиgrimaldi-
Grimaldi in the Arabic language
غريمالديghrymaldy-

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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 Grimaldi
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