Grefenstein Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Grefenstein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 147 | 1:547,656 | 45,370 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
Grefenstein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grefenstein Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Grefenstein occurs most in Germany. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Grefenstein? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,422,956th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. The last name Grefenstein occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Grefenstein reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 547,656. In Germany Grefenstein is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 24 percent live and Hesse, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 1 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greifenstein | 96 | 788 | / |
| Graefenstein | 96 | 71 | / |
| Grefenshtein | 96 | 7 | / |
| Griefenstein | 96 | 5 | / |
| Greyfenstein | 96 | 1 | / |
| Greiffenstein | 92 | 64 | / |
| Gräfenstein | 91 | 413 | / |
| Grafenstein | 91 | 157 | / |
| Grefenshteyn | 87 | 381 | / |
| Graffenstein | 87 | 7 | / |
| Griffenstein | 87 | 1 | / |
| Greifenstine | 87 | 0 | / |
| Greifensteen | 87 | 0 | / |
| Grovenstein | 82 | 419 | / |
| Grifinstein | 82 | 1 | / |
| Grifenshteyn | 78 | 66 | / |
| Grefinshteyn | 78 | 7 | / |
| Griffenstine | 78 | 1 | / |
| Grifinshteyn | 70 | 20 | / |
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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 Grefenstein
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