Grindell Surname

481,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 692 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Grindell Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Grindall,' a chapelry in the parish of Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire.

Roger de Grendale, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter de Grendale, Yorkshire, ibid.

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Grindell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3461:1,047,56976,686
England1701:327,75324,219
New Zealand401:113,20814,508
Canada371:995,82774,831
Wales331:93,7747,567
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Belize11:355,4743,977
Barbados11:287,4482,772
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1461:166,95514,226
Scotland121:311,9359,798
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1151:436,68431,761

Grindell (18) may also be a first name.

Grindell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Grindall,' a chapelry in the parish of Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire.

Roger de Grendale, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter de Grendale, Yorkshire, ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English and Scandinavian) 1 Dweller at the Green-Dale [Old Englishgréne = Old Norse grœn + Old English dœl = O.N dal-r] There is a Grindall or Grindale in Yorks; and there are Grindles in Salop and Devon.

2 Grindel and Grendel were A. - Sax. pers. names [cp. Old English (poet.) grindel, a bar, bolt] Grendel was the name of the ogre killed by Beówulf: Wæs se grimma gæst The grim guest was Grendel háten. Grendel called.

Beówulf, 204-5.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Grindell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Grindell is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Grindell.

How Common Is The Last Name Grindell? popularity and diffusion

It is the 481,560th most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 10,531,136 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Grindell live; 54 percent live in North America and 54 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 18 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 1,047,569. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 14 percent are found, Florida, where 9 percent are found and Ohio, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States Grindell occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent are found and New Zealand, where 6 percent are found.

Grindell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Grindell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Grindell last name expanded 301 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 116 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 660 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grindell Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Grindell are 2.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 55.91% being registered with the party.

The amount Grindell earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 62.63% more than the national average, earning R 386,472 per year; in United States they earn 3.69% less than the national average, earning $41,557 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.21% less than the national average, earning $35,666 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grindel931,128/
Grendell88258/
Gröndell881/
Gründell881/
Grindill880/
Grindl8657/
Grndel864/
Gruendell8255/
Gründel802,855/
Grendel801,274/
Griendl8034/
Gryndel805/
Grűndel802/
Grińdel801/
Gruendel75245/
Greendel751/
Grendill750/
Gründl711,216/
Grindlová713/
Grűndl712/
Grędel711/
Grendelová67151/
Gruendl67142/
Gründelová678/
Grendelova677/
Grűndelová673/
Gremdel672/
Grendèl671/
Gründlová5934/
Grűndlová5915/

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