Gruffydd Surname

1,189,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 199 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Gruffydd Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gruffydd Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales1261:24,5602,581
England551:1,013,05650,089
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Gruffydd (180) may also be a first name.

Gruffydd Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gruffydd is found in Wales more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gruffydd click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gruffydd? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,189,614th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Gruffydd live; 91 percent live in Northern Europe and 91 percent live in British Isles. Gruffydd is also the 679,247th most commonly occurring forename world-wide It is held by 180 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Wales, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 24,560. In Wales Gruffydd is most frequent in: Gwynedd, where 30 percent live, City and County of Cardiff, where 14 percent live and Carmarthenshire, where 9 percent live. Outside of Wales this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 28 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Gruffydd Last Name Statistics demography

Gruffydd earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gruffyd932/
Gruffy86241/
Grufy771/
Gruffi7132/
Gruffe7122/
Gruffé713/
Gruffa711/
Gruffè711/
Grufey710/
Gruffis672/
Gruffet671/
Gruffith631/
Grufi62148/
Grufa626/
Greufe57235/
Groufe571/
Grufer570/
Gruphy570/

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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 Gruffydd
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