Grivins Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Grivins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grivins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia1081:18,9822,852
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
England51:11,143,612252,590
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

The alternate forms: Grivinš (8) & Grīviņš (1) are calculated separately.

Grivins Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grivins is more frequently found in Latvia than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Grivinš or Grīviņš. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grivins? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,478,479th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. Grivins is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Grivins are found; 79 percent are found in Northern Europe and 76 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Latvia, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 18,982. In Latvia Grivins is mostly concentrated in: Vidzeme, where 54 percent are found, Riga Planning Region, where 42 percent are found and Semigallia, where 4 percent are found. Beside Latvia this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.

Grivins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Grivins has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Grivins last name increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grivins Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Grivins last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Grivins earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 36.11% more than the national average, earning $58,732 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grivinš958/
Grivinns931/
Grivens8627/
Grevins8621/
Grīviņš861/
Greevins801/
Grevions800/
Grevens7111/
Grävens712/
Grēviņš571/

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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 Grivins
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