Grimsley Surname

57,465th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,811 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Grimsley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grimsley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,8741:46,0325,609
England5401:103,18210,844
Australia1891:142,83415,308
South Africa741:732,13151,520
Canada501:736,91258,785
Scotland271:198,29010,618
Northern Ireland131:141,9267,751
Wales91:343,83718,086
Jamaica81:358,7438,527
India51:153,413,076951,030
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
China21:683,660,78330,601
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
France11:66,422,722504,397
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2831:86,1329,055
Wales101:156,8426,008
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8691:57,7896,419

Grimsley (21) may also be a first name.

Grimsley Last Name Facts

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

Grimsley is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grimsley? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 57,465th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 827,096 people. The last name Grimsley is primarily found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Grimsley reside; 90 percent reside in North America and 90 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Grimsley is also the 2,368,944th most common first name globally, held by 21 people.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 7,874 people, or 1 in 46,032. In The United States Grimsley is most numerous in: Florida, where 11 percent live, Georgia, where 11 percent live and North Carolina, where 8 percent live. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 24 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Grimsley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Grimsley has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 906 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 191 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 10 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grimsley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Grimsley last name are 15.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.94% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Grimsley earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 113.22% more than the national average, earning R 506,688 per year; in United States they earn 7.05% less than the national average, earning $40,108 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.47% more than the national average, earning $59,356 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grimsleyh941/
Grimmsley941/
Grimsly937/
Grimsle931/
Grimsled8871/
Grinsley8820/
Gremsley881/
Grimsliy881/
Grumsle8041/
Grimsli8028/
Gremsly800/
Grinsly800/
Grimslid7546/
Grimslia753/
Grinslet750/
Grensley750/
Grinsler750/
Grimslätt7114/
Greensley715/
Grinslead710/

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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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  • 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 Grimsley
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