Greet Surname
Approximately 1,335 people bear this surname
Greet Surname Definition:
(English) Great, Big [Old Englishgreát] every lith [limb] Fattyssh, flesshy, not greet therwith.—Chaucer, Blaunche the Duchesse, 952-3.
Greet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 586 | 1:95,082 | 10,146 |
| Australia | 350 | 1:77,131 | 9,013 |
| United States | 237 | 1:1,529,363 | 103,723 |
| New Zealand | 44 | 1:102,916 | 13,667 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 443 | 1:55,023 | 6,556 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Greet (8,428) may also be a first name.
Greet Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Great, Big [Old Englishgreát] every lith [limb] Fattyssh, flesshy, not greet therwith.—Chaucer, Blaunche the Duchesse, 952-3.
(English) The great or large person; dweller near the Greet River (gravelly stream), in Nottinghamshire; one who came from Greet, the name of several villages in England.
A location name in Gloucestershire, Salop.
Greet Demographics
Average Greet Salary in
United States
$46,309 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Greet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Greet Come From? nationality or country of origin
Greet is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Greet? popularity and diffusion
The surname Greet is the 287,524th most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 5,458,836 people. The last name Greet occurs predominantly in Europe, where 47 percent of Greet are found; 45 percent are found in Northern Europe and 45 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 68,699th most common first name at a global level It is held by 8,428 people.
This surname is most common in England, where it is carried by 586 people, or 1 in 95,082. In England Greet is most common in: Cornwall, where 28 percent reside, Leicestershire, where 20 percent reside and Devon, where 9 percent reside. Other than England this surname occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 26 percent reside and The United States, where 18 percent reside.
Greet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Greet has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Greet surname rose 132 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 1,030 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Greet Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Greet last name are 4.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.52% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Greet earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 40.31% less than the national average, earning R 141,840 per year; in United States they earn 7.32% more than the national average, earning $46,309 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.53% less than the national average, earning $44,950 CAD per year.
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