Grinling Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Grinling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grinling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England541:1,031,81650,675
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England461:529,89928,330

Grinling (37) may also be a first name.

Grinling Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grinling occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grinling? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,436,415th most numerous last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Grinling reside; 87 percent reside in Northern Europe and 87 percent reside in British Isles. Grinling is also the 1,688,769th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 37 people.

The surname Grinling is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 1,031,816. In England it is mostly concentrated in: West Sussex, where 26 percent are found, Leicestershire, where 15 percent are found and Suffolk, where 15 percent are found. Barring England it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

Grinling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Grinling has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 117 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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
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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 Grinling
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