Great Surname
Approximately 6,047 people bear this surname
Great Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the great,' large, big; compare Grant.
Henry le Grete, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Peter le Grete, Salop, ibid.
Great Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,475 | 1:120,097 | 7,926 |
| Ghana | 970 | 1:27,856 | 3,309 |
| Egypt | 763 | 1:120,492 | 9,804 |
| India | 694 | 1:1,105,282 | 45,383 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| United States | 348 | 1:1,041,549 | 76,349 |
| Iran | 112 | 1:685,558 | 36,303 |
| Hong Kong | 84 | 1:87,327 | 1,583 |
| Pakistan | 79 | 1:2,261,315 | 20,628 |
| Australia | 76 | 1:355,207 | 29,862 |
| China | 74 | 1:18,477,318 | 1,049 |
| England | 63 | 1:884,414 | 45,970 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Singapore | 56 | 1:98,352 | 4,171 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1:156,149 | 17,650 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Myanmar | 16 | 1:3,246,124 | 792 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Oman | 7 | 1:526,853 | 5,771 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 167 | 1:300,711 | 23,854 |
Great (5,624) may also be a first name.
Great Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the great,' large, big; compare Grant.
Henry le Grete, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Peter le Grete, Salop, ibid.
James Great in Kirkpatrick-Irongray, 1755 (Dumfries). Bardsley records this name ill Lincolnshire in reigns of Edward I and II, and compares it with Grant, the great, large.
From size, like the French Le Grand, the Dutch De Groot, &c.
Great Demographics
Average Male Great Height
175.42 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Great Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Great Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Great (Arabic: غرت, Hindi: ग्रेट) is most common in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Great? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 80,526th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,205,151 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Great live; 41 percent live in West Africa and 41 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Great is also the 89,288th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 5,624 people.
Great is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,475 people, or 1 in 120,097. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 31 percent reside, Kano, where 21 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 103 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 16 percent reside and Egypt, where 13 percent reside.
Great Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Great has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Great last name expanded 208 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 485 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Great Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Great surname is principally Christian (95%) in Nigeria.
Great earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.13% more than the national average, earning $47,953 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Great Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Great in the Hindi language | ||
| ग्रेट | greta | - |
| Great in the Arabic language | ||
| غرت | ghrt | - |
| جريت | jryt | - |
| عظمت | zmt | - |
| عظيمة | zymt | - |
| كبيرة | kbyrt | - |
| رائعة | rayt | - |
| رائعه | rayh | - |
| غريت | ghryt | - |
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