Last Name GRIMSHAW

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Grimshaw, some woody place in South Lancashire, called no doubd after the earliest possessor, Grim. This surname is very common in counties Lancashire and York.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish

Rank 13,731 (2000 US census) 15,498 (1990 US census)
Count 2,024 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.9%, or 1941 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.24%, or 25 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.59%, or 12 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.35%, or 7 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.24%, or 25 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.69%, or 14 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest baby names

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Ukrainian middle names

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Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

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