Gritchen Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Gritchen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gritchen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada421:877,27667,671
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

Gritchen (326) may also be a first name.

Gritchen Last Name Facts

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

Gritchen is held by more people in Canada than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gritchen.

How Common Is The Last Name Gritchen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,312,869th most numerous surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname Gritchen occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gritchen reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 97 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Gritchen is also the 485,722nd most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 326 people.

The surname is most widespread in Canada, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 877,276. In Canada Gritchen is primarily concentrated in: Alberta, where 62 percent live and British Columbia, where 38 percent live. Aside from Canada this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 35 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Gritchen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Gritchen are 46.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 92.86% being registered with the political party.

The amount Gritchen earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 13.56% less than the national average, earning $37,297 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.75% less than the national average, earning $42,353 CAD per year.

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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 Gritchen
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