Grehm Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Grehm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grehm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany481:1,677,19797,745
United States301:12,081,964463,456
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Grehm Last Name Facts

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

Grehm is most common in Germany. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grehm? popularity and diffusion

The surname Grehm is the 2,136,387th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Grehm reside; 62 percent reside in Western Europe and 62 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most common in Germany, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 1,677,197. In Germany it is most numerous in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 75 percent reside, Bavaria, where 13 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 4 percent reside. Other than Germany this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 38 percent reside.

Grehm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Grehm has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Grehm surname grew 429 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Grehm Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Grehm surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the political party.

Grehm earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.48% less than the national average, earning $38,194 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Griehm9113/
Greahm910/
Grem892,665/
Greim802,632/
Griem801,290/
Gremm80847/
Gream80599/
Greem80116/
Greme8043/
Grihm8029/
Greym807/
Grhim805/
Gremh801/
Gremt801/
Gremd800/
Gremme73507/
Greame7349/
Geerem7314/
Greeme7313/
Greime736/
Grgeem731/
Ngreem731/
Griemh731/
Greytm731/
Greimm730/
Grim6714,700/
Grym67391/
Gremova672/
Grêm671/
Graheim671/
Grahaim671/

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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 Grehm
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