Grefenshtein Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Grefenshtein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Grefenshtein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grefenshtein Come From? nationality or country of origin
Grefenshtein (Russian: Грефенштеин) is held by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Grefenshtein click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Grefenshtein? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most prevalent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Grefenshtein occurs predominantly in Asia, where 57 percent of Grefenshtein live; 29 percent live in Central Asia and 29 percent live in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia.
This last name is most commonly used in Russia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 48,041,019. In Russia Grefenshtein is most common in: Komi Republic, where 33 percent live, Krasnoyarsk Krai, where 33 percent live and Saint Petersburg, where 33 percent live. Outside of Russia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 29 percent live and Israel, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grefenstein | 96 | 152 | / |
| Greifenstein | 92 | 788 | / |
| Grefenshteyn | 92 | 381 | / |
| Graefenstein | 92 | 71 | / |
| Griefenstein | 92 | 5 | / |
| Greyfenstein | 92 | 1 | / |
| Greiffenstein | 88 | 64 | / |
| Gräfenstein | 87 | 413 | / |
| Grafenstein | 87 | 157 | / |
| Grifenshteyn | 83 | 66 | / |
| Grefinshteyn | 83 | 7 | / |
| Graffenstein | 83 | 7 | / |
| Griffenstein | 83 | 1 | / |
| Greifensteen | 83 | 0 | / |
| Greifenstine | 83 | 0 | / |
| Grovenstein | 78 | 419 | / |
| Grifinstein | 78 | 1 | / |
| Grifinshteyn | 75 | 20 | / |
| Griffenstine | 75 | 1 | / |
Grefenshtein Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Grefenshtein in the Russian language | ||
| Грефенштеин | grefenstein | - |
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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 Grefenshtein
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