Grinstone Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Grinstone Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Grinstone Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:6,964,757184,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933

Grinstone Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grinstone occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Grinstone? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Grinstone occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Grinstone reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 6,964,757. In England Grinstone is most numerous in: South Yorkshire, where 88 percent reside and Lancashire, where 13 percent reside.

Grinstone Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Grinstone has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name declined 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grinston94208/
Grimstone89246/
Grnston881/
Greenstone84632/
Grimston82585/
Grinstan822/
Greenston7825/
Grinstand781/
Greenstene742/
Grenstan711/
Grimstan711/
Greenstan673/
Grimstand670/
Grenstam595/
Grimstam593/
Grünstam591/
Grennstam5612/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Grinstone
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