The Grime surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 613 people carried this name — #36,477 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (616).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Grime surname
From the Old Norse personal name Grímr.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Grime» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 91 people named Grime.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Territoire de Belfort.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 47 people named Grime live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Grime,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Grime 1874–1938
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Kitty Grime 1930–2007 · writer
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J. Philip Grime 1935–2021 · university teacher
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James Grime 1980– · mathematician
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Helen Grime 1981– · composer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Grime.
- Grim 7,418 · U.S. census
- Grima 461 · U.S. census
- Grimaldi 4,349 · U.S. census
- Grimard 399 · U.S. census
- Grimaud 308 · U.S. census
- Grimberg 283 · U.S. census
- Grimm 22,103 · U.S. census
- Grimmer 1,975 · U.S. census
- Grin 222 · U.S. census
- Grinberg 1,261 · U.S. census
- Grindel 286 · U.S. census
- Grine 561 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Grime is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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