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Griscomb Surname User-submission:

Gris means 'grey' or 'silver' and combe means 'hill' or 'mound'. It loosely translates to 'grey hill'. Surnames such as this that are derived from a geographic location sometimes denote more affluence. Griscombe is as an extinct village in Wales.

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Griscomb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Griscomb Surname Meaning

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Gris means 'grey' or 'silver' and combe means 'hill' or 'mound'. It loosely translates to 'grey hill'. Surnames such as this that are derived from a geographic location sometimes denote more affluence. Griscombe is as an extinct village in Wales.

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Postulation: From Gris - y - cwm, which means 'steps of the valley' in Welsh. The name is most likely that of a family who were from one of the many stepped valleys in southern Wales. Probably now extinct as many valleys of ancient times have eroded.

- griscomm

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Griscombe941/
Grisomb931/
Grescomb880/
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Criscombe823/
Croscombe710/
Crosscombe6722/
Garzacombe671/
Grieskamp5962/
Greijskamp569/
Greconv531/
Greskamp50194/

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