Greatwich Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Greatwich Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greatwich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England491:1,137,10353,999
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Wales71:442,07621,198
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985

Greatwich Last Name Facts

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

The last name Greatwich is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Greatwich click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Greatwich? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,106,139th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname Greatwich occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Greatwich are found; 71 percent are found in Northern Europe and 71 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Greatwich is most widely held in England, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 1,137,103. In England it is most numerous in: Shropshire, where 33 percent live, Staffordshire, where 14 percent live and East Sussex, where 14 percent live. Beside England Greatwich occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 18 percent live and Wales, where 9 percent live.

Greatwich Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Greatwich has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Greatwich last name increased 245 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Greatwitch954/
Gratwich940/
Greetwich891/
Gratwic880/
Greatway711/
Gratuis631/
Gratuit631/
Greitewitz631/
Greistweit630/
Grathwer590/
Gradwa531/
Gredwe531/
Gretue531/
Greideweis530/
Gretuer501/
Gradboi500/

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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 Greatwich
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