de Greeff Surname

664,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 451 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Greeff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Greeff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1921:87,95414,558
South Africa1311:413,57036,044
Belgium421:273,73032,801
Argentina211:2,035,401100,871
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
England161:3,482,379114,324
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

de Greeff Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Greeff Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Greeff occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of de Greeff click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Greeff? popularity and diffusion

It is the 664,903rd most numerous last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 16,158,638 people. The surname de Greeff is primarily found in Europe, where 61 percent of de Greeff are found; 57 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 192 people, or 1 in 87,954. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Utrecht, where 33 percent reside, Gelderland, where 24 percent reside and North Holland, where 14 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 29 percent reside and Belgium, where 9 percent reside.

de Greeff Last Name Statistics demography

de Greeff earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 110.69% more than the national average, earning R 500,688 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Greef947,075/
de Greff9412/
de Graeff8973/
de Greiff8950/
de Greefe891/
de Gref882/
de Graef821,321/
de Groef82395/
de Greif8238/
de Griff824/
de Grief820/
de Grijff7842/
de Greift7811/
der Griff781/
de Grev751/
de Grift7113/
De-Graef711/
de Greaw711/
de Grauw59562/
de Grouw5973/
de Grauv591/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Greeff
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