Greft Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Greft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil301:7,135,811166,009
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Greft Last Name Facts

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

The surname Greft is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Greft? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,185,033rd most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Greft are found; 79 percent are found in South America and 79 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The surname is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 7,135,811. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Santa Catarina, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Greft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Greft has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Greft surname rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grefte91202/
Grefft919/
Graeft912/
Greift911/
Grieft911/
Gref891,658/
Grefftz830/
Greif809,061/
Greff804,614/
Greef802,055/
Grefe801,933/
Grief801,499/
Graft801,276/
Groft801,271/
Grift80771/
Greaf8071/
Greyf8048/
Ngref809/
Gretf802/
Gresf801/
Gerft801/
Gryft800/
Grieffth771/
Greeff7311,904/
Greiff731,910/
Greffe731,088/
Grieff73509/
Greife73399/
Grafft73317/
Greefs7390/
Greaff7344/
Greyff738/
Grifft736/
Greefe735/
Greafe733/
Grifts731/
Ghrift731/
Grofft731/
G'Reyf731/
Graftt731/
Grifth731/
Gretff731/
Grafth730/
Greifs730/
Gräf679,314/
Greb677,570/
Grew672,480/
Grif67524/
Grev67325/
Griffth67223/
Gryf6788/
Greiffe6718/
Grifths673/
Griffts673/
Girffth671/
Grefová671/
Grefsch671/
Grefsås671/
Greifeh671/
Greaffe670/

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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 Greft
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