Greeni Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Greeni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greeni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1491:515,31930,242
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Greeni (49) may also be a first name.

Greeni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Greeni occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Greeni? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,398,030th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 46,715,038 people. The surname Greeni occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Greeni reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,430,306th most frequently used forename internationally, borne by 49 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 515,319. In Iran it is primarily found in: Khuzestan Province, where 56 percent reside, Bushehr Province, where 14 percent reside and Kermanshah Province, where 9 percent reside. Other than Iran this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Greini831/
Greeene773/
Grienie771/
Gőrgenyi711/
Griennie711/
Griene67181/
Griena673/
Grejne671/
Grejna671/
Griener62792/
Grejner62179/
Grienay62160/
Grihini6222/
Gryener622/
Grienne622/
Grienet621/
Grieney620/
Grienes620/
Griesner5792/
Griegner571/
Grień551/
Grehaigne5333/
Griine501/

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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 Greeni
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis