Grewal
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Sikh name based on the name of a Jat tribe, of unexplained origin
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɡɹuəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Grewal is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- CACanada≈1 in 7.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 24K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 33K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 316 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈12,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Canada, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Sikh name based on the name of a Jat tribe, of unexplained origin.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Grewal counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 119K | — | Grewal | 4 |
| CA Canada | #587 | ≈5,300 est. | ≈1 in 7.2K | — | Grewal | 189 |
| US United States | — | 4,270 | 1 in 78K | 5.7K | Grewal | 316 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 33K | — | Grewal | 158 |
| IN India | — | 1,873 | 1 in 708K | 1.9K | Grewal | 151 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Grewal | 124 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Grewal | 23 |
| NO Norway | — | 266 | 1 in 21K | 266 | — | 15 |
| BH Bahrain | — | ≈63 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Grewal | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Grewal is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A surname from Punjabi.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- J. S. Grewalb. 1927Indian writer, historian, and scholar (1927–2022)
- Bikram Grewalb. 1950INIndian birdwatcher
- Nina Grewalb. 1958CACanadian politician
- Alexi Grewalb. 1960USracing cyclist
- Hardeep Singhb. 1960INnot in their usual nameOlympic field hockey player
- Ravinder Grewalb. 1979INIndian actor and singer
- Gippy Grewalb. 1983INIndian actor
- Khushboo Grewalb. 1984INIndian actress, singer
- Naila Grrewalb. 1996INnot in their usual nameIndian actress
- Kuki GrewalINactress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 5.7K | #5,841 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4.3K | #7,772 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.7K | #10,876 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 1.9K | #3,298 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 602 | #1,057 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 266 | #5,844 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 8 | #1,261 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 3 | #193,690 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 3 | #10,946 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Grewal mean, and where does it come from?
- Sikh name based on the name of a Jat tribe, of unexplained origin. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Grewal?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡɹuəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Grewal have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Grewal in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled grewal.
- How common is the name Grewal?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,270 people named Grewal in 2010, about 1 in 78 thousand residents.
- How common is Grewal compared with other names?
- In Canada, Grewal is the 587th most common surname of 699,524 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Grewal” — the 587th most common surname in Canada. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.