Grylls Surname

429,441st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 803 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Grylls Surname Definition:

An old Cornish family. The manor of Gryils (commonly mispronounced Garles), from which they probably derive their name, is in the parish of Lesnewth in that county.

Grylls Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2851:195,50217,195
Australia1791:150,81415,978
United States1221:2,970,975173,956
Canada981:375,97533,576
New Zealand711:63,7799,777
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
India61:127,844,230863,365
Wales61:515,75523,171
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
China21:683,660,78330,601
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1221:199,79815,918
Wales121:130,7015,289
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Grylls Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

An old Cornish family. The manor of Gryils (commonly mispronounced Garles), from which they probably derive their name, is in the parish of Lesnewth in that county.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A friend renders this surname a grasshopper or cricket (grillus, gryllus, a cricket; in later times perhaps used to designate a locust). But the name is rather from the manor of Grylls or Garles, in Lesneweth, near the rocks called the Gryils or Garles. Hence the surname Gryllo.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the Swedish, Grill; from the German, Griehl; from the French, Grille; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Grylls: There was an old and distinguished family of Grylls of Tavistock (Devon) and Lanreath (Cornwall) in the 17th century; two high sheriffs of the county then bore the name (P.). A branch of this family settled at Helston last century (G.). Benallack, in Constantine parish, came into the possession of a family of Grylls in 1671.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Grylls Last Name Facts

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

Grylls is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grylls? popularity and diffusion

Grylls is the 429,441st most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 9,075,400 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 38 percent of Grylls reside; 37 percent reside in Northern Europe and 37 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most common in England, where it is carried by 285 people, or 1 in 195,502. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Devon, where 17 percent live, Greater London, where 16 percent live and Durham, where 15 percent live. Not including England this last name exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.

Grylls Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Grylls has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Grylls surname rose 234 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 4,067 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Grylls Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Grylls last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Grylls last name are 4.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.89% registered with the political party.

The amount Grylls earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 106.8% more than the national average, earning R 491,424 per year; in United States they earn 12.77% more than the national average, earning $48,661 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.3% more than the national average, earning $52,315 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gryls912/
Grills833,562/
Grälls8362/
Grölls831/
Grells830/
Graells771,429/
Grilles7734/
Grelles7724/
Griells778/
Gruells771/
Groells771/
Grillse770/
Gröls7343/
Grels736/
Grils734/
Grles731/
Grüls731/
Gruelles7150/
Graelles717/
Groels67126/
Graels6723/
Gruels676/
Grelse671/
Grillez621/
Graelss621/
Grilz55459/
Grölz55135/
Grelz5521/
Groelz5054/
Grilce502/
Grelze500/

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