Grullon

surname · Latin script

Meaning: possibly from a derivative of grulla ‘crane’, presumably applied as a nickname for tall thin person; in Mexico, however, grulla denotes a crafty person

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

Grullon is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Dominican Republic than in any other country, where it is the 76th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • DODominican Republic≈1 in 711(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 74K
  • ESSpain1 in 173K

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.

Dominican Republic (inferred from the name graph)

≈15,000 people, est.

Sources
246 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 711 (inferred from the name graph)

Dominican Republic, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

possibly from a derivative of grulla ‘crane’, presumably applied as a nickname for tall thin person; in Mexico, however, grulla denotes a crafty person.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Grullon 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 Grullon is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DO Dominican Republic#76≈15,000 est.≈1 in 711—Grullon73
US United States—4,4921 in 74K5.1KGrullon246
ES Spain—2891 in 173K289Grullon42
GB United Kingdom—≈220 est.≈1 in 305K—Grullon13
NL Netherlands—≈190 est.≈1 in 92K—Grullon7
PR Puerto Rico#481≈180 est.≈1 in 18K—Grullon14
JM Jamaica—≈40 est.≈1 in 70K—Grullon1

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; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). 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)

Grullon is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Grullón

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France, Spain, Canada

    Also written Grullón

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Egypt, Morocco

    Also written Grullón

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy, Spain

    Also written Grullón

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States

    Also written Grullón

  • Russian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Grullón

27 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)

FormalEstimado/a Grullon,Dear Grullon, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Grullon,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Grullon
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020205.1K#6,411
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020104.5K#7,411
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020003K#9,895
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—289#12,407
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—289#12,384
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 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 Grullon mean, and where does it come from?
possibly from a derivative of grulla ‘crane’, presumably applied as a nickname for tall thin person; in Mexico, however, grulla denotes a crafty person. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Grullon?
A machine transcription gives /gɾuʎon/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Grullon have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 15 thousand people named Grullon in the Dominican Republic, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled grullon.
How common is the name Grullon?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,492 people named Grullon in 2010, about 1 in 74 thousand residents.
How common is Grullon compared with other names?
In the Dominican Republic, Grullon is the 76th most common surname of 26,844 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.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Grullon” — the 76th most common surname in Dominican Republic. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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