Grijo

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɡɾiʒu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Grijo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BRBrazil1 in 102K(measured from records)
  • UYUruguay1 in 147K
  • ESSpain1 in 2.4M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

2,068 people

Sources
16 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 102K (inferred from the name graph)

Brazil

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Grijo 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.

Where Grijo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil2,0681 in 102K2.1K——
UY Uruguay231 in 147K23Grijo6
ES Spain211 in 2.4M21Grijo11
AR Argentina———Grijo16
US United States——listedGrijo4

2,068 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Grijo is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Canada, Brazil, United States

    Also written Grijó

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Grijó

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Grijó

19 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalPrezado(a) Grijo,Dear Grijo, (English)
InformalPrezado(a) Grijo,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Grijo
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—2.1K#4,731
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—23—
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—21#80,957
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—21#80,648
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Grijo?
A machine transcription gives /ɡɾiʒu/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
In which country does Grijo have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 2.1 thousand people named Grijo, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Grijo most common?
Grijo is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 102 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Grijo?
In Brazil, the national register counted 2,068 people named Grijo, about 1 in 102 thousand residents.

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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, “Grijo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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