de Greff Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Argentina

de Greff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Greff Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

de Greff Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Greff is found in Argentina more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname de Greff is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name de Greff occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of de Greff reside; 75 percent reside in South America and 42 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America.

The surname is most frequently held in Argentina, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 8,548,683. In Argentina it is most prevalent in: Santa Fe Province, where 80 percent are found and Córdoba Province, where 20 percent are found. Other than Argentina de Greff occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Greeff94451/
de Graeff9473/
de Greiff9450/
de Gref932/
de Greef887,075/
de Graef881,321/
de Groef88395/
de Greif8838/
de Griff884/
de Grief880/
de Grijff8242/
de Greift8211/
der Griff821/
de Greefe821/
de Grev801/
de Grift7513/
De-Graef751/
de Greaw751/
de Girv671/
de Graav63130/
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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 Greff
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