Grishel Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Grishel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grishel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus2111:45,0297,692
Russia291:4,969,761222,297
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Grishel (20) may also be a first name.

Grishel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grishel (Russian: Гришель) is carried by more people in Belarus than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grishel? popularity and diffusion

The last name Grishel is the 1,028,911th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. The last name Grishel is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Grishel are found; 96 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 95 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. Grishel is also the 2,446,817th most numerous first name globally, held by 20 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Belarus, where it is borne by 211 people, or 1 in 45,029. In Belarus Grishel is mostly concentrated in: Minsk, where 55 percent reside, Grodno Region, where 30 percent reside and Minsk Region, where 14 percent reside. Beside Belarus this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 12 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 1 percent reside.

Grishel Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Grishel surname is principally Orthodox (63%) in Belarus.

In The United States those bearing the Grishel last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 42.86% being registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Grishel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grishel in the Russian language
Гришельgrisel-

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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 Grishel
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