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
Grebe Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Grebe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grebe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Grebe (Russian: Гребе) is found most frequently in Germany. It can also occur as a variant: Grebé, Grébe or Grébé. Click here to see other potential spellings of Grebe.
How Common Is The Last Name Grebe? popularity and diffusion
Grebe is the 45,542nd most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 639,651 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 65 percent of Grebe are found; 64 percent are found in Western Europe and 64 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 639,077th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 201 people.
The last name Grebe is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 7,196 people, or 1 in 11,188. In Germany Grebe is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 39 percent live, Hesse, where 32 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent live. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 44 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.
Grebe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Grebe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Grebe last name 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 holding the last name is principally Orthodox (92%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Grebe surname are 10.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.79% registered to vote for the 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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