Grimsell Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Grimsell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grimsell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2041:265,57726,568
England381:1,466,26563,675
Sweden271:364,69525,646
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
Wales71:442,07621,198
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Grimsell Last Name Facts

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

Grimsell is most common in South Africa. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Grimsell? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 891,661st most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 24,211,116 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Grimsell are found; 73 percent are found in Southern Africa and 73 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Grimsell is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 204 people, or 1 in 265,577. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 42 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 22 percent reside and Free State, where 15 percent reside. Other than South Africa this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 13 percent reside and Sweden, where 9 percent reside.

Grimsell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Grimsell has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 165 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 70 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Grimsell Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Grimsell earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 41.23% more than the national average, earning R 335,628 per year and in United States they earn 105.01% more than the national average, earning $88,458 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grimsel93151/
Grinsell88566/
Grimsehl88168/
Grimshel887/
Grumsell880/
Grimnsehl821/
Grinshell820/
Grinsel8024/
Grimsled7571/
Grinsill7542/
Grensell7524/
Grincell7520/
Grnnsell752/
Grinseld751/
Grynsell751/
Gringell750/
Grimschl750/
Gremsl71226/
Grinchell714/
Greunsell710/
Greensell710/
Gringel67541/
Greenshell6719/
Grinzel6711/
Grünsel679/
Grynsel678/
Grensel675/
Grimschöld675/
Grönsel671/
Grymzel671/
Grinsld671/

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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 Grimsell
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