La Grue Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Ireland

La Grue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

La Grue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
England61:9,286,343223,652
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683

La Grue Last Name Facts

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

The surname La Grue is more commonly found in Ireland than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name La Grue? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,323,005th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of La Grue live; 63 percent live in Northern Europe and 63 percent live in British Isles.

The last name La Grue is most widespread in Ireland, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 294,309. In Ireland it is most frequent in: Leinster, where 94 percent are found and Munster, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Ireland La Grue exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 37 percent are found and England, where 17 percent are found.

La Grue Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of La Grue has changed over time. In Ireland the share of the population with the surname grew 800 percent between 1901 and 2014.

La Grue Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
La Groue933/
La Gree8610/
La Grou864/
Le Grue863/
La Groe860/
La Groux801/
Le Gruy719/
Le Gree716/
La Gray714/
Le Grou712/
Le Grey711/
Le Grie711/
La Graa711/
Le Grye710/
La Groia6797/
Le Groux6781/
Le Grouy671/
Le Grout671/
Le Great671/
Le Greid671/
lo Groi5782/
Le Gray5725/
Le Graa571/

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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 La Grue
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