Grefing Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Grefing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grefing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Grefing Last Name Facts

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

Grefing is found most in Germany. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grefing? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,116,508th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. Grefing is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Grefing are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 3,659,339. In Germany Grefing is primarily concentrated in: Hesse, where 64 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 32 percent reside. Outside of Germany Grefing exists in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Griefing9321/
Graefing9321/
Greffing930/
Grefin9223/
Greffin861,009/
Grafing86190/
Gräfing8645/
Grifing863/
Grofing860/
Grefn833/
Griffing801,735/
Greffion80149/
Graffing806/
Grieffin800/
Grefen77440/
Grifin77336/
Gräfin77132/
Grefim774/
Greefn771/
Griffings752/
Griffin71328,740/
Greffen7152/
Grifina7121/
Greffim7120/
Griefen7117/
Gryffin715/
Grifinn714/
Grephin714/
Griofin712/
Grrifin711/
Grisfin711/
Grafink711/
Grefeen711/
Gripfin710/
Grifeng710/
Grayfin710/
Grifien710/
Greefen710/
Griffijn6759/
Griffien6711/
Griffina6710/
Griffion678/
Grifffin675/
Griffinn675/
Griffint672/
Gridffin672/
Grriffin672/
Graphing672/
Cgriffin671/
Grivffin671/
Ggriffin671/
Graiffin671/
Hgriffin670/
Grieffen670/

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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 Grefing
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