Grefling Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Grefling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Grefling Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland1171:324,86137,737
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Grefling Last Name Facts

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

Grefling is found in Poland more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Grefling click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grefling? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,573,888th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Grefling live; 90 percent live in Eastern Europe and 90 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Poland, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 324,861. Other than Poland Grefling occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 8 percent reside and Sweden, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Graefling9491/
Greffling944/
Groefling941/
Greflin938/
Gräfling88123/
Grafling8815/
Griffling823/
Graffling821/
Gräflin8020/
Griflin801/
Grifflin752/
Grifflink711/
Griffln671/
Grayfln671/
Griffloen591/
Griflenkova5323/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Grefling
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