Greatwall Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Greatwall Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greatwall Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
China21:683,660,78330,601
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552

Greatwall (13) may also be a first name.

Greatwall Last Name Facts

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

The surname Greatwall is most common in China. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Greatwall? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Greatwall occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Greatwall are found; 22 percent are found in Central America and 22 percent are found in Hispano-Central America. Greatwall is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held forename globally It is held by 13 people.

The surname Greatwall is most frequently held in China, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 683,660,783. Apart from China it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Costa Rica, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 22 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 Greatwall
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