Ghreib Surname

438,351st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 782 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Ghreib Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Ghreib 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
Iraq4401:79,5952,600
Yemen2691:98,2355,966
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Mauritania101:409,48616,302
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436

Ghreib Last Name Facts

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

Ghreib (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻗﺮﻳﺐ) occurs most in Iraq. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghreib? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 438,351st most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 9,319,112 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Ghreib live; 98 percent live in West Asia and 56 percent live in Levant.

Ghreib is most frequently occurring in Iraq, where it is carried by 440 people, or 1 in 79,595. Without taking into account Iraq it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 34 percent reside and Kuwait, where 7 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
Ghreibs921/
Ghrib915,387/
Ghreb91248/
Greib91181/
Ghrieb834,137/
Ghreeb831,077/
Ghraib83220/
Gh'rib831/
Grib8011,814/
Greb807,570/
Ghrayeb77134/
Ghraieb7717/
Ghrayib7711/
Greif739,061/
Grieb734,792/
Greub73818/
Greab73552/
Greeb73376/
Graeb73337/
Ghrab73276/
Ghryb73154/
Grueb73101/
Grzib7394/
Graib7390/
Grebs7375/
Gribs7370/
Groeb7342/
Grzeb7326/
Greip7312/
Ghrip739/
Ghrep739/
Greiv737/
Ghrif731/
Grreb731/
Greiw731/
Grebd731/
Gribė731/
Greyb731/
Greibova711/
Greiff671,910/
Greife67399/
Grayeb67299/
Graieb67152/
Greipp6759/
Grzhib6713/
Greyeb6711/
Ghreep674/
Gribsz674/
Greabs673/
Ghroub672/
Griyeb672/
Ghrift671/
Grayib671/
Ghrabz671/
Greift671/
Greifs670/
Greebs670/
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Ghreib Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ghreib in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻗﺮﻳﺐaqryb50
ﺍﻏﺮﻳﺐaghryb50

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ghreib
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