de Greiff Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ecuador

de Greiff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Greiff 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
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Ecuador61:2,650,97426,148
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
England21:27,859,030389,889
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
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de Greiff Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Greiff is most common in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of de Greiff click here.

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

The surname is the 2,746,821st most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. de Greiff is primarily found in The Americas, where 68 percent of de Greiff live; 44 percent live in North America and 36 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 21,321,114. In The United States it is most common in: Florida, where 53 percent live, California, where 29 percent live and New York, where 12 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 24 percent live and Ecuador, where 12 percent live.

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 Greif9438/
de Greff9412/
de Griff944/
de Greeff89451/
de Graeff8973/
de Grijff8942/
de Greift8911/
der Griff891/
de Gref882/
de Greef827,075/
de Graef821,321/
de Groef82395/
de Graff82289/
de Grift8213/
de Grief820/
de Graaff786,026/
de Graffe787/
de Greefe781/
de Graf75100/
de Grev751/
de Graaf7125,677/
de Graft711,341/
De-Graff711/
De-Graef711/
der Graf711/
de Greaw711/
da Graaff671/
De-Graaff671/
de Graw63109/
De-Graft592,666/
de Grauw59562/
de Graav59130/
de Grouw5973/
De-Graaf595/
de Graaw595/
de Grauv591/
de Graph590/
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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 Greiff
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