Grice is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Grice
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

In Old French means "a pig".

Lastname Grice is a variant of Legrys. French "the Pig".

How popular is Grice?

Grice is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Wales, Scotland.

Grice is ranked 25196 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Grice bearers increased by 5.08 per cent in 2010 US census to 8914 since 2000, the surname slipped by 138 spots and ranked at 3984. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 65.26 67.23
Black 30.1 29.49
Hispanic or Latino 2.36 1.69
Others 1.65 1.18
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.33 0.2
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.31 0.21
Grice is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while England is ahead in terms of density. Around 21415 people have been found who wears Grice as their family name. Grice is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Grice:
3,849 United States11,717
Countries with thousands of Grice:
1,335 England6,097
2,182 Australia1,756
Countries with hundreds of Grice:
6,229 Canada712
2,276 New Zealand346
1,339 Wales257
4,201 Scotland112
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
51,520 South Africa74
8,853 Colombia53
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,935 Liberia33
11,471 Dominican Republic31
7,012 Ireland30
7,666 Singapore30
183,652 Germany17
61,567 Spain17
45,338 Sweden16
375,884 Thailand13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
30,726 Qatar9
88,902 Netherlands8
405,029 Brazil8
349,096 France6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Grice worked as immigrant and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 30 years old embarked for USA from Dublin on Wave and arrived on May 3, 1849. 37 years old James Grice, John Grice (30) Tinsmith, are others that migrated to US.

Grice Namesakes

  • John Grice, Australian businessman
  • Paul Grice, British philosopher of language
  • Jeffrey Grice, was born in 1954 in Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Mike Grice, English footballer who played as a winger
  • Allan Grice, Australian former racing driver and politician

Grice Namesakes

  • John Grice, Australian businessman
  • Paul Grice, British philosopher of language
  • Jeffrey Grice, was born in 1954 in Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Mike Grice, English footballer who played as a winger
  • Allan Grice, Australian former racing driver and politician

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