Grebe Surname
Approximately 11,393 people bear this surname
Grebe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 7,196 | 1:11,188 | 1,427 |
| United States | 2,110 | 1:171,781 | 17,326 |
| South Africa | 439 | 1:123,412 | 14,564 |
| Russia | 357 | 1:403,706 | 38,943 |
| Israel | 335 | 1:25,545 | 3,734 |
| Ivory Coast | 311 | 1:74,184 | 4,114 |
| Argentina | 237 | 1:180,352 | 15,113 |
| Chile | 83 | 1:212,247 | 6,658 |
| Australia | 50 | 1:539,914 | 40,287 |
| Netherlands | 48 | 1:351,816 | 39,430 |
| Austria | 28 | 1:304,123 | 34,120 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Kazakhstan | 20 | 1:884,125 | 54,571 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Belarus | 11 | 1:863,733 | 65,346 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Latvia | 6 | 1:341,674 | 26,199 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 1:686,352 | 29,886 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Bahamas | 4 | 1:97,938 | 1,027 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 380 | 1:132,154 | 12,637 |
The alternate forms: Grebé (13), Grébe (1) & Grébé (1) are calculated separately.
Grebe (201) may also be a first name.
Grebe Demographics
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Grebe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grebe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Grebe (Russian: Гребе) is most common in Germany. It may appear in the variant forms: Grebé, Grébe or Grébé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Grebe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 45,542nd most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 639,651 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Grebe reside; 64 percent reside in Western Europe and 64 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 639,077th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 201 people.
This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 7,196 people, or 1 in 11,188. In Germany Grebe is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 39 percent reside, Hesse, where 32 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent reside. Besides Germany Grebe occurs in 44 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent reside and South Africa, where 4 percent reside.
Grebe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Grebe has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 555 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Grebe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Grebe surname is principally Orthodox (92%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Grebe last name are 10.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.79% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Grebe earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 18.33% more than the national average, earning R 281,196 per year; in United States they earn 10.99% more than the national average, earning $47,891 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.3% more than the national average, earning $52,316 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Grebe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Grebe in the Russian language | ||
| Гребе | grebe | - |
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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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- 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 Grebe
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