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Grant

in West Virginia

There are 390 people with the last name "Grant" in West Virginia.

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Ranking in West Virginia

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Grant 696
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  1. is 692nd most common Sites
  2. is 693rd most common Lemley
  3. is 694th most common Singleton
  4. is 695th most common Thacker
  5. is 696th most common Grant
  6. is 697th most common Tolliver
  7. is 698th most common Albright
  8. is 699th most common Washington
  9. is 700th most common Blosser

Most Common First Names for Grant

John, William, Thomas, Douglas, Kevin, David, Mary, Robert, Danny, Donald

Meaning & History

English and (especially) Scottish (of Norman origin), and French: nickname from Anglo-Norman French graund, graunt ‘tall’, ‘large’ (Old French grand, grant, from Latin grandis), given either to a person of remarkable size, or else in a relative way to distinguish two bearers of the same personal name, often representatives of different generations within the same family.

English and Scottish: from a medieval personal name, probably a survival into Middle English of the Old English byname Granta (see Grantham).

Probably a respelling of German Grandt or Grand.

FOREBEARS The U.S. president General Ulysses S. Grant (1822–85), born in OH, was the descendant of a Puritan called Matthew Grant, who landed in Massachusetts with his wife, Priscilla, in 1630. This family of Grants continued in New England until Captain Noah Grant, having served throughout the Revolution, emigrated to PA in 1790 and later to OH.

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