de Greif Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Greif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Greif 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
Belgium341:338,13737,845
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

de Greif Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Greif occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

The surname is the 3,185,033rd most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. de Greif is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of de Greif live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 71 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 338,137. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 76 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 15 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Belgium this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Israel, where 3 percent are found.

de Greif Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of de Greif has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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 Greiff9450/
de Greift9411/
de Gref932/
de Greef887,075/
de Graef881,321/
de Groef88395/
de Grift8813/
de Greff8812/
de Griff884/
de Grief880/
de Greeff82451/
de Graeff8273/
de Grijff8242/
der Griff821/
de Greefe821/
de Graf80100/
de Grev801/
de Graaf7525,677/
de Graft751,341/
de Graff75289/
der Graf751/
De-Graef751/
de Greaw751/
de Graaff716,026/
de Graffe717/
de Graw67109/
De-Graft632,666/
de Grauw63562/
de Graav63130/
de Grouw6373/
De-Graaf635/
de Graaw635/
de Grauv631/
De-Graff631/
de Graph630/
da Graaff591/
De-Graaff591/
De-Grauw501/
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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 Greif
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