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The GRANDISON surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,537 17040 0.001 6
United States (1880 census) 290 14670 0.001 6
Change since 1880 +1247 -2370 0 0
Other Countries
Australia 87 15991 0.001 5
United Kingdom 445 9628 0.001 10
Top States for GRANDISON by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Florida 250 8470 0.002 16
New York 250 8588 0.001 13
Virginia 115 7027 0.002 16
Ohio 100 14489 0.001 9
Alabama 88 5635 0.002 20
Top States for GRANDISON by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 88 5635 0.002 20
Virginia 115 7027 0.002 16
Florida 250 8470 0.002 16
Maryland 75 8419 0.001 14
New York 250 8588 0.001 13

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GRANDISON live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GRANDISON represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GRANDISON in Florida than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GRANDISON by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GRANDISON

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From name of parent

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GRANDISON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GRANDISON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GRANDISON in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 141 9.17
Mixed Race 44 2.86
White (Hispanic) 42 2.73
Black/African American 1,296 84.32
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GRANDISON surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of GRANDISON in historical publications

GRANDISON. Camden places this among the great fixmilies who came liither at the Conquest from the Netherlands. The name was eminent in the XIII. cent., and at the siege of Carlaverock (a.d. 1.300) " William de Grandison (Grant son) bore paly, silver and azure, surcharged with a red bend, and thereon three beautiful eaglets of fine gold." Nicolas' Siege of Carlav.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to GRANDISON

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GRANDISON.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for GRANDISON

The following words are slight variants of GRANDISON that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.