Grinlaw Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Grinlaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grinlaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:2,422,52489,093
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884

Grinlaw Last Name Facts

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

Grinlaw is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Grinlaw.

How Common Is The Last Name Grinlaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Grinlaw is the 3,665,662nd most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Grinlaw is primarily found in Europe, where 83 percent of Grinlaw are found; 83 percent are found in Northern Europe and 83 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Grinlaw is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 2,422,524. In England it is primarily found in: East Riding of Yorkshire, where 65 percent live, North Yorkshire, where 30 percent live and Hampshire, where 4 percent live. Outside of England this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Grinlaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Grinlaw has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Grinlaw surname grew 209 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grenlaw861/
Greenlaw803,572/
Greenlaaw751/
Grenlow711/
Greenlow67170/
Grenleaf671/
Greenlaf670/
Greenleaf635,935/
Greenlaiv631/
Greenlafe630/
Greenleafe591/
Gremleaf530/
Greenleif500/

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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 Grinlaw
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