Greavey Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Greavey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
Greavey Demographics
Greavey Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Greavey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Greavey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Greavey occurs most in England. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Greavey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Greavey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most numerous family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Greavey reside; 95 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in British Isles.
Greavey is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 4,643,172. In England Greavey is mostly found in: Cheshire, where 67 percent live, Merseyside, where 25 percent live and East Sussex, where 8 percent live. Besides England this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 27 percent live and Ireland, where 9 percent live.
Greavey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Greavey has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Greavey last name expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Greavey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Greavey surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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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 Greavey
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