Greewell Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Zambia

Greewell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greewell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Greewell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Greewell occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Greewell? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most frequent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 33 percent of Greewell live; 33 percent live in Southern Africa and 33 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England Greewell is primarily found in: Greater London, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account England this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent reside and Zambia, where 33 percent reside.

Greewell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Greewell has changed through the years. In The United States it declined 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Greeswell940/
Grewell93651/
Grewelle8834/
Greevell880/
Grewel86112/
Greebel8062/
Griewel8060/
Graewel8025/
Griwell8023/
Grebell8020/
Grewill802/
Grewl775/
Greivell7541/
Greabell7535/
Greybell752/
Gruiwell751/
Graywell751/
Grebel71445/
Grisswell7125/
Greyvelle712/
Gräwel711/
Greawl711/
Greivelle711/
Graewl710/
Growll710/
Greibel6746/
Greivel6719/
Grebill675/
Greabel671/
Greybel671/
Gresuel671/
Gribell670/

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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
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  • 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 Greewell
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