Griswold Surname

35,150th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,043 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Griswold Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at a wood frequented by pigs.

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Griswold Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States14,7331:24,6023,097
Canada2141:172,17617,252
Venezuela161:1,887,75523,347
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
England131:4,286,005132,302
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,4001:9,3001,182

Griswold (37) may also be a first name.

Griswold Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at a wood frequented by pigs.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Many Griswolds in the United States have been traced back to the New Bern area of North Carolina in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, as well as to Pennsylvania. The original settlers to America (mostly settling in colonial Pennsylvania) seem to have split into two Griswold families. One went to New York and the other to North Carolina, then spreading throughout the United States. In the US, there are towns named after the family.

Before they arrived into America, they were greyhound breeders in England, most honorably for nobles such as King Edward I. It has been theorized to be a surname of Germanic, meaning 'grey woods'.

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Griswold Last Name Facts

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

The surname Griswold has its highest incidence in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Griswold? popularity and diffusion

Griswold is the 35,150th most common family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 484,448 people. The last name Griswold is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Griswold live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America. Griswold is also the 1,688,769th most commonly used given name world-wide, held by 37 people.

It is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 14,733 people, or 1 in 24,602. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 11 percent are found, New York, where 6 percent are found and Michigan, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Venezuela, where 0 percent are found.

Griswold Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Griswold has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Griswold last name expanded 273 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 13 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Griswold Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Griswold are 15.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.89% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Griswold earn in different countries varies marginally. In Peru they earn 2.9% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,948 per year; in United States they earn 6.11% more than the national average, earning $45,785 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.8% more than the national average, earning $52,563 CAD per year.

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Griswold Reference & Research

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