Grimby Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Grimby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Grimby Demographics
Grimby Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Grimby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grimby Come From? nationality or country of origin
Grimby is found most in Sweden. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Grimby? popularity and diffusion
The last name Grimby is the 4,649,889th most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Grimby live; 83 percent live in Northern Europe and 83 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name Grimby is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 656,450. In Sweden Grimby is most numerous in: Västra Götaland County, where 87 percent reside and Stockholm County, where 13 percent reside. Not including Sweden it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent reside and Thailand, where 6 percent reside.
Grimby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Grimby has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Grimby last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Grimby Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Grimby last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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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 Grimby
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