Greefe Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Greefe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Greefe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Greefe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Greefe is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Greefe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Greefe live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Greefe is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 40,252,730. In Germany Greefe is mostly found in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 50 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 50 percent live. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 40 percent live and The Netherlands, where 20 percent live.
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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 Greefe
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