Grinley Surname

1,286,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 177 people bear this surname

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

Grinley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grinley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1721:2,107,319133,796
England41:13,929,515290,718
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England481:507,82027,631
Scotland141:267,3738,913
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

Grinley Last Name Facts

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

Grinley has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Grinley.

How Common Is The Last Name Grinley? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,286,243rd most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. The surname Grinley is predominantly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Grinley live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 2,107,319. In The United States Grinley is most common in: Massachusetts, where 23 percent reside, New Hampshire, where 14 percent reside and Florida, where 10 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Grinley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Grinley has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 391 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grinley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Grinley surname are 0.4% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.83% being registered with the political party.

Grinley earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.21% more than the national average, earning $43,238 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grisnley930/
Grinly9238/
Grimley864,108/
Grenley8691/
Grinlay861/
Grinnly860/
Grienly860/
Grinlee860/
Greenley801,915/
Grinnlle801/
Grrenley801/
Grinlett800/
Grimle775/
Grinli772/
Grenly770/
Grenle770/
Greenleys751/
Greenleya751/
Grinnelly750/
Greenly711,450/
Grünler71406/
Grimler71334/
Grønlie71233/
Gremley7176/
Grenlie7148/
Grenler7120/
Greenle7119/
Grenlee7114/
Grönlie716/
Grinlis711/
Gruenly710/
Grinlou710/
Grimles710/
Grimlay710/
Greenlee6712,774/
Greenlay67301/
Greenler67181/
Greenlea67128/
Greenlie674/
Grennlee672/
Grenlees672/
Greenles672/
Groenlie671/
Grønnlie671/
Greenled671/
Greenleu670/

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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 Grinley
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