Greevey Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Argentina

Greevey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greevey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina461:929,20559,251
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Greevey Last Name Facts

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

The last name Greevey is found most frequently in Argentina. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Greevey? popularity and diffusion

Greevey is the 2,689,253rd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name Greevey occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Greevey live; 88 percent live in South America and 88 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

This surname is most common in Argentina, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 929,205. In Argentina it is mostly concentrated in: Buenos Aires Province, where 91 percent are found and Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 9 percent are found. Not including Argentina Greevey is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Greevey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Greevey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Greevey surname decreased 71 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Greevey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Greeve92952/
Greevy92245/
Grevey92166/
Greeves861,867/
Greever86749/
Greavey8622/
Greevoe860/
Greieve860/
Greve8318,514/
Grevy83303/
D'Greevy801/
Greeaves801/
Greeaver801/
Grieve7716,541/
Greive771,090/
Graeve771,088/
Grever77885/
Greves77675/
Grevet77633/
Gravey77448/
Greebe77182/
Greeby7797/
Greave7777/
Grebey7776/
Grovey7763/
Greeva7762/
Grevys7760/
Grewey7741/
Greavy7734/
Grevay7731/
Greevi7730/
Grivey7728/
Gresve7724/
Grevez7712/
Grevoy779/
Groeve772/
Grevei772/
Greuve771/
Greivy771/
Grevea771/
Greewe771/
Grievy770/
Grevee770/
Greaves7136,229/
Greaver71841/
Greives71196/
Grevett71124/
Greivys7153/
Greiver7151/
Grettve7143/
Greeber7127/
Greyver7112/
Gretved716/
Greeway716/
Hggreve714/
Grevets712/
Greavea712/
Grevytė711/
Greevis711/
Graewey711/
Greebay711/
Greyeva711/
Greuver711/
Greisve710/
Greesbe710/
Grievie710/
Greubey710/
Grove6745,138/
Grave6718,607/
Grebe6711,393/
Grewe6710,630/
Gräve67669/
Greva67258/
Grive67230/
Greby67198/
Grevi6779/
Grewy6752/
Greavett6736/
Grivy6717/
Grève6712/
Grevé675/
Greevich672/
Grévy672/
Grēve672/
Grayeves671/
Greeaway671/
Greisver670/

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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 Greevey
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