de Greeve Surname

1,290,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Greeve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Greeve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium841:136,86519,611
Netherlands511:331,12138,060
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
England61:9,286,343223,652
Wales41:773,63329,106
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

de Greeve Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Greeve is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

This surname is the 1,290,735th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. de Greeve is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of de Greeve are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 66 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname de Greeve is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 136,865. In Belgium de Greeve is most common in: Flemish Region, where 79 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 18 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 4 percent are found. Not including Belgium de Greeve is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 29 percent are found and South Africa, where 11 percent are found.

de Greeve Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Greeve earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 37.35% more than the national average, earning R 326,388 per year and in Canada they earn 101.52% more than the national average, earning $100,119 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Greve94915/
de Graeve893,346/
de Groeve89504/
de Grieve8964/
de Greves892/
de Greaves841/
de Grave821,513/
de Grove82145/
de Grève8246/
De-Graeve785/
de Graëve782/
de Grouve781/
De-Grave713/
de Grauwe67627/
de Graawe671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Greeve
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