Greavy Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Greavy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 28 | 1:158,210 | 8,327 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Greavy Demographics
Greavy Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Greavy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Greavy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Greavy is found in Ireland more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Greavy.
How Common Is The Last Name Greavy? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,373,373rd most frequent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Greavy live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in British Isles.
This last name is most numerous in Ireland, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 276,996. In Ireland it is most frequent in: Connaught, where 94 percent live and Leinster, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Ireland it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 44 percent live and Scotland, where 3 percent live.
Greavy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Greavy has changed over time. In Ireland the number of people carrying the Greavy last name decreased 39 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it increased 136 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Greavy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally 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
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- 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 Greavy
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