Distribution of the name 'Grey'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Grey' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Grey'
In the UK there are 1.652 phone book entries with the surname Grey and approximately 7.194 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Grey is the 1.283. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 64 counties. Most occurrences are in Greater London: 162.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are West Glamorgan (141), Tyne and Wear (103), Northumberland (71), West Yorkshire (60), Gloucestershire (57), Hereford and Worcester (49), Cleveland (46), Greater Manchester (46), as well as Kent (44).
The following surnames sound like Grey: Gray, Gore, Gower, Geary, Gary, Gear, Garry, Gurr, Gerry, Gair, Gara, Gorrie, Grew, Geer, Grou, Garraway, Garrow, Gerrie, Gare, Geere, Gowrie, Gorry, Geor, Garey, Gwyer, Gearey, Gree, Garrie, Graw, Gora.
The distribution of the name 'Grey' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Grey in the counties
| Greater London - The surname Grey is is the 1001. most common name - 162 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Grey is is the 86. most common name - 141 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Grey is is the 330. most common name - 103 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Grey is is the 321. most common name - 71 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname Grey is is the 2081. most common name - 60 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Grey is is the 995. most common name - 57 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Grey is is the 1143. most common name - 49 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Grey is is the 506. most common name - 46 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Grey is is the 1752. most common name - 46 persons |
| Kent - The surname Grey is is the 1638. most common name - 44 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Grey is the 1058. most common name - 44 persons |
| Durham - The surname Grey is the 396. most common name - 43 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Grey is the 1234. most common name - 42 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Grey is the 2289. most common name - 41 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Grey is the 964. most common name - 39 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Grey is the 742. most common name - 38 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Grey is the 2014. most common name - 34 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Grey is the 2733. most common name - 33 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Grey is the 1396. most common name - 32 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Grey is the 1208. most common name - 28 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Grey is the 1395. most common name - 28 persons |
| Essex - The surname Grey is the 2109. most common name - 27 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Grey is the 632. most common name - 26 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Grey is the 1809. most common name - 24 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Grey is the 1676. most common name - 24 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Grey is the 873. most common name - 23 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Grey is the 1506. most common name - 22 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Grey is the 1436. most common name - 21 persons |
| Central - The surname Grey is the 3261. most common name - 20 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Grey is the 2139. most common name - 20 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname Grey is is the 1013. most common name - 18 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Grey is is the 2249. most common name - 17 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Grey is is the 745. most common name - 17 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Grey is is the 2013. most common name - 16 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Grey is is the 1940. most common name - 15 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Grey is is the 1247. most common name - 14 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Grey is is the 1878. most common name - 13 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Grey is is the 1839. most common name - 12 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Grey is is the 1828. most common name - 12 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Grey is is the 2232. most common name - 12 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Grey is is the 1602. most common name - 11 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Grey is is the 3029. most common name - 10 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Grey is is the 1925. most common name - 9 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname Grey is is the 2072. most common name - 9 persons |
| Devon - The surname Grey is is the 3698. most common name - 9 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Grey is is the 3250. most common name - 8 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Grey is is the 997. most common name - 8 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Grey is is the 3265. most common name - 7 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname Grey is is the 404. most common name - 7 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Grey is is the 818. most common name - 5 persons |
| Avon - The surname Grey is is the 525. most common name - 5 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Grey is is the 1543. most common name - 4 persons |
| Powys - The surname Grey is is the 1040. most common name - 4 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Grey is is the 5413. most common name - 3 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Grey is is the 3529. most common name - 3 persons |
| County Tyrone - The surname Grey is is the 1008. most common name - 3 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Grey is is the 2661. most common name - 3 persons |
| Fife - The surname Grey is is the 5554. most common name - 2 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Grey is is the 4330. most common name - 2 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Grey is is the 1410. most common name - 2 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Grey is is the 3599. most common name - 1 person |
| Leicestershire - The surname Grey is is the 5694. most common name - 1 person |
| Borders - The surname Grey is is the 2354. most common name - 1 person |
| County Londonderry - The surname Grey is is the 2327. most common name - 1 person |
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