Grisans Surname

897,852nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 298 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Grisans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grisans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia2911:7,0451,001
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
England11:55,718,059489,080
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Grišāns (1) are calculated separately.

Grisans Last Name Facts

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

Grisans is held by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Grišāns. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Grisans? popularity and diffusion

The surname Grisans is the 897,852nd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 24,454,852 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Grisans live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Baltic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Latvia, where it is carried by 291 people, or 1 in 7,045. In Latvia it is mostly found in: Riga Planning Region, where 48 percent reside, Latgale, where 46 percent reside and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 4 percent reside. Barring Latvia it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Grisans Last Name Statistics demography

Grisans earn around the same as the average income. In Norway they earn 3.76% more than the national average, earning 359,101 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grishans930/
Grišāns901/
Grizans8680/
Gricans8620/
Grusans866/
Grisons861/
Grisams860/
Griezans8014/
Grishams802/
Greshans801/
Greizans801/
Grissons800/
Greggians751/
Gruzans711/
Grejans711/
Greshams679/
Greshens674/
Grissoms673/
Gregions670/
Greysons670/
Greeshams633/

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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 Grisans
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