de Gries Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Gries Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Gries 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
Netherlands1201:140,72621,487
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

de Gries Last Name Facts

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

de Gries occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

de Gries is the 1,649,806th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The surname de Gries is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of de Gries reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 140,726. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: Groningen, where 59 percent reside, Drenthe, where 18 percent reside and Friesland, where 17 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands de Gries exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside.

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 Griese941/
de Gres93179/
de Grie937/
de Gris930/
de Grijs88340/
de Groes8899/
de Gress8816/
de Grise885/
de Grees883/
de Greis881/
de Graes881/
de Grais881/
de Greys881/
de Grijse8280/
de Grisse8219/
de Grez8036/
De-Gres8021/
de Grys8011/
de Grès802/
de Grye801/
de Gryse75701/
der Grieche741/
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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 Gries
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