Greater Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Greater Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
Greater (2,255) may also be a first name.
Greater Demographics
Average Greater Salary in
England
£24,453
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Greater Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Greater Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Greater is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Greater? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. Greater occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Greater live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 157,252nd most common forename worldwide, held by 2,255 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Greater is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 67 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 17 percent are found and Ekiti, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Greater
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