Greebe Surname

1,263,456th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Estonia

Greebe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greebe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1071:157,82423,373
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Greebe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Greebe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Greebe occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Greebe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,263,456th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. The last name Greebe is mostly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Greebe are found; 61 percent are found in Western Europe and 61 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Greebe is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 107 people, or 1 in 157,824. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: North Holland, where 43 percent are found, South Holland, where 18 percent are found and Flevoland, where 12 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands Greebe is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.

Greebe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Greebe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Greebe surname declined 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Greebe Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Greebe earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 27.02% less than the national average, earning R 173,424 per year and in United States they earn 19.54% less than the national average, earning $34,719 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Greeber9227/
Greesbe920/
Grebe9111,393/
Greber833,782/
Greeve83952/
Griebe83650/
Greybe83360/
Graebe83353/
Groebe83347/
Grebet83247/
Greibe83165/
Grebeň83133/
Greeby8397/
Grebey8376/
Gruebe8317/
Greube8317/
Grebez8317/
Greabe8311/
Grebej839/
Grebes838/
Greewe831/
Greeba830/
Grevee830/
Greeves771,867/
Greever77749/
Greiber77325/
Grebezs77250/
Greaber7786/
Greevey7752/
Greuber7748/
Greyber7742/
Grebetz7741/
Grebets7732/
Griebie7726/
Grebesh777/
Ghrebet775/
Greabes775/
Greijbe775/
Grebess773/
Grebežs773/
Greybea771/
Greebay771/
Ghreibe771/
Grehber771/
Greieve770/
Greibes770/
Groebie770/
Greubey770/
Griebee770/
Greve7318,514/
Grewe7310,630/
Grobe736,279/
Grabe734,430/
Gräbe73984/
Gröbe73614/
Greba73249/
Greby73198/
Gribe7383/
Grebi7334/
Grybe7331/
Grebé7313/
Grébe731/
Ghreibeh7166/
Grieve6716,541/
Greiwe671,607/
Greive671,090/
Grever67885/
Greves67675/
Grevet67633/
Groube67306/
Greevy67245/
Grebić67209/
Graube67198/
Grevey67166/
Grebeňová67123/
Grabei67123/
Griewe67120/
Grebio67108/
Grabey67101/
Greave6777/
Gryber6768/
Griber6756/
Graibe6748/
Grobey6742/
Grewey6741/
Greaby6735/
Greevi6730/
Grebis6725/
Gresve6724/
Greywe6724/
Gribet6722/
Grempe6713/
Greiba6712/
Grevez6712/
Gresby6710/
Grevie679/
Ghrebi679/
Gribez679/
Grebay678/
Grobee676/
Ghribe676/
Greiby674/
Gribej674/
Greybé674/
Graybe673/
Grebaj673/
Groeby672/
Greiue672/
Grewes672/
Gribes672/
Grebie672/
Gréber672/
Grevei672/
Grabee671/
Gruibe671/
Groebi671/
Grevea671/
Gribey671/
Grajbe671/
Greuve671/
Grabej671/
Grzeba671/
Greibi671/
Gribeh671/
Gresbi671/
Grebhe671/
Grivee671/
Greewa671/
Greassbey670/
Grueby670/
Grewei670/
Graabe670/
Greuba670/

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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 Greebe
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