Greia Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Greia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Greia (15) may also be a first name.
Greia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Greia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Greia is found most in Angola. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Greia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Greia is predominantly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Greia live; 40 percent live in Southern Africa and 40 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. Greia is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name globally, held by 15 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Angola, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 26,989,214. Excluding Angola this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 20 percent live and Mauritania, where 20 percent live.
Greia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Greia has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Greia surname declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Greia
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