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
Average Male Grebe Height
175.55 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Grebe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grebe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Grebe (Russian: Гребе) is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Grebé, Grébe or Grébé. For other potential spellings of Grebe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Grebe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 45,542nd most widespread last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 639,651 people. Grebe is mostly found 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 numerous given name globally, held by 201 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 7,196 people, or 1 in 11,188. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 39 percent are found, Hesse, where 32 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname is found in 44 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.
Grebe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Grebe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Grebe surname grew 555 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Grebe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Grebe surname is predominantly 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 US 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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- 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 Grebe
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