Greeene Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Northern Ireland
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Greeene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greeene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Greeene Last Name Facts

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

The surname Greeene has its highest incidence in Northern Ireland. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Greeene? popularity and diffusion

Greeene is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 33 percent of Greeene reside; 33 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Northern Ireland, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 1,845,036. In Northern Ireland Greeene is primarily found in: Ulster, where 100 percent live. Apart from Northern Ireland it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Dominican Republic, where 33 percent live and Liberia, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Greeen927/
Graeene861/
Grejoene808/
Greune77442/
Griene77181/
Greeni77156/
Grieen772/
Greein771/
Greeyn771/
Grejne771/
Greone770/
Grehen770/
Griener71792/
Grieten71528/
Griesen71188/
Grejner71179/
Grejsen71142/
Greeing716/
Grieein712/
Grienne712/
Gryener712/
Grienie711/
Grießen711/
Geeryen711/
Grienet711/
Grienes710/
Grieney710/
Geergen710/
Greahen710/
Griessen67248/
Griechen67187/
Grien67137/
Gréen6798/
Griesner6792/
Greén6740/
Gräen672/
Ghraheen671/
Griegner671/
Grejn671/
Griennie671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Greeene
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