Greefs Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Greefs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 89 | 1:129,176 | 18,730 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
Greefs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Greefs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Greefs occurs in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Greefs? popularity and diffusion
The surname Greefs is the 1,967,751st most common last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. Greefs occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Greefs reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most common in Belgium, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 129,176. In Belgium Greefs is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Belgium this last name is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greef | 91 | 2,055 | / |
| Greeff | 83 | 11,904 | / |
| Greefe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Griefs | 83 | 2 | / |
| Greifs | 83 | 0 | / |
| Greebs | 83 | 0 | / |
| Gref | 80 | 1,658 | / |
| Grefsås | 77 | 1 | / |
| Grefsch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Greif | 73 | 9,061 | / |
| Greff | 73 | 4,614 | / |
| Grefe | 73 | 1,933 | / |
| Grief | 73 | 1,499 | / |
| Greeb | 73 | 376 | / |
| Grebs | 73 | 75 | / |
| Greaf | 73 | 71 | / |
| Greyf | 73 | 48 | / |
| Greev | 73 | 41 | / |
| Greft | 73 | 38 | / |
| Greew | 73 | 16 | / |
| Grafs | 73 | 14 | / |
| Ngref | 73 | 9 | / |
| Grews | 73 | 9 | / |
| Gräfs | 73 | 5 | / |
| Grofs | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gretf | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gresf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grevs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Greiff | 67 | 1,910 | / |
| Greffe | 67 | 1,088 | / |
| Ghreeb | 67 | 1,077 | / |
| Grieff | 67 | 509 | / |
| Greife | 67 | 399 | / |
| Griffs | 67 | 54 | / |
| Greaff | 67 | 44 | / |
| Grifhs | 67 | 19 | / |
| Graevs | 67 | 13 | / |
| Greyvs | 67 | 9 | / |
| Grefft | 67 | 9 | / |
| Greyff | 67 | 8 | / |
| Grievs | 67 | 6 | / |
| Greeph | 67 | 4 | / |
| Grevås | 67 | 3 | / |
| Greabs | 67 | 3 | / |
| Greafe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Groufs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Graffs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hgreew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngreew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Greift | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gretff | 67 | 1 | / |
| G'Reyf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Greavs | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Greefs
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