Grimshaw Surname

41,871st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,465 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Grimshaw Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Grimshaw (Lancs) = Grim’s Wood [Middle English s(c)hawe, Old English sceaga, a wood] Richard de Grymeschawe.—Lanc. Assize-Rolls, A.D. 1284.

Grimshaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6,3481:8,7771,273
United States3,1791:114,01712,337
Australia1,4131:19,1052,644
Canada4341:84,8989,423
New Zealand2291:19,7743,481
Scotland1861:28,7843,020
Wales1531:20,2262,148
Northern Ireland661:27,9553,011
Trinidad and Tobago631:21,6502,464
France621:1,071,334116,831
South Africa501:1,083,55464,652
Spain411:1,140,29440,056
Jersey411:2,420410
Guernsey371:1,742400
Isle of Man341:2,524513
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Slovakia61:889,40878,715
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Guyana31:254,07411,262
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Belize11:355,4743,977
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Norfolk Island11:2,295315
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland711:62,3924,829
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,9421:4,932747
Wales301:52,2812,643
Scotland271:138,6386,001
Jersey51:10,3761,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5981:83,9788,767

Grimshaw (17) may also be a first name.

Grimshaw Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Grimshaw (Lancs) = Grim’s Wood [Middle English s(c)hawe, Old English sceaga, a wood] Richard de Grymeschawe.—Lanc. Assize-Rolls, A.D. 1284.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Grimshaw: The Grimshaws take their name from a Lancashire township. The family was once widely spread in Pendle Forest, one branch of it dates back to Nicholas Grimshaw of Heyhouses in the time of Elizabeth, and his descendants resided at Oakenshaw, Clayton - les - Moores (W. W.). Some of the mayors of Preston during the latter half of last century, and the early part of the present century, also bore the name of Nicholas Grimshaw (H.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Grimshaw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grimshaw is found most in England. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grimshaw? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 41,871st most numerous family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 584,641 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 56 percent of Grimshaw reside; 55 percent reside in Northern Europe and 55 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 17 people.

The last name is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 6,348 people, or 1 in 8,777. In England it is mostly found in: Greater Manchester, where 25 percent are found, Lancashire, where 18 percent are found and West Yorkshire, where 8 percent are found. Other than England this last name exists in 53 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 26 percent are found and Australia, where 11 percent are found.

Grimshaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Grimshaw has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Grimshaw surname increased 128 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 532 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 689 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 510 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 79 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Grimshaw Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (69%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Grimshaw surname are 7.89% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.66% being registered with the party.

The amount Grimshaw earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 20.23% more than the national average, earning R 285,708 per year; in United States they earn 3.15% more than the national average, earning $44,510 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.73% more than the national average, earning $52,035 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grimshawe9423/
Grimschaw941/
Grimmshaw940/
Grimsaw934/
Grinshaw889/
Gremshaw887/
Grimsahw882/
Grumshaw880/
Grimshow880/
Grinsshaw820/
Grinnshaw820/
Grnshaw800/
Grenshaw7529/
Greenshaw7165/
Grinsaft6311/
Gremzow537/
Grinjow532/
Grinsov531/

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Grimshaw Reference & Research

Grimshaw FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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