Greffier Surname

241,315th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,656 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Greffier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greffier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1,6101:41,2565,178
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
England31:18,572,686338,250
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Greffier (35) may also be a first name.

Greffier Last Name Facts

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

The surname Greffier is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Greffier? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 241,315th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,400,692 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Greffier live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Greffier is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 35 people.

The surname is most frequently used in France, where it is carried by 1,610 people, or 1 in 41,256. In France it is primarily found in: Pays de la Loire, where 24 percent reside, Occitanie, where 20 percent reside and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 11 percent reside. Besides France this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 1 percent reside and Argentina, where 0 percent reside.

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Greffier
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