Greif Surname
Approximately 9,061 people bear this surname
Greif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5,096 | 1:15,798 | 2,078 |
| United States | 2,235 | 1:162,174 | 16,505 |
| Austria | 277 | 1:30,742 | 4,948 |
| Israel | 220 | 1:38,898 | 5,337 |
| Slovenia | 154 | 1:16,154 | 3,788 |
| Poland | 147 | 1:258,563 | 32,318 |
| Romania | 109 | 1:184,201 | 18,730 |
| Italy | 108 | 1:566,266 | 54,070 |
| Belgium | 107 | 1:107,445 | 16,114 |
| Czechia | 71 | 1:149,767 | 23,219 |
| Canada | 61 | 1:604,026 | 49,778 |
| Switzerland | 59 | 1:139,202 | 13,535 |
| Brazil | 56 | 1:3,822,756 | 105,432 |
| France | 46 | 1:1,443,972 | 140,296 |
| Palestine | 41 | 1:110,948 | 7,275 |
| Australia | 38 | 1:710,413 | 47,396 |
| Croatia | 33 | 1:128,140 | 18,569 |
| Jordan | 29 | 1:304,912 | 11,052 |
| Slovakia | 27 | 1:197,646 | 32,915 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 1:844,359 | 60,801 |
| Yemen | 16 | 1:1,651,581 | 12,512 |
| Uruguay | 15 | 1:228,784 | 17,372 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Belize | 11 | 1:32,316 | 2,112 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 133 | 1:377,584 | 28,378 |
Greif (27) may also be a first name.
Greif Demographics
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Greif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Greif Come From? nationality or country of origin
Greif is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Greif? popularity and diffusion
It is the 56,005th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 804,276 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Greif reside; 62 percent reside in Western Europe and 61 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,036,353rd most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 27 people.
The last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 5,096 people, or 1 in 15,798. In Germany Greif is mostly concentrated in: Bavaria, where 29 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 13 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent are found. Other than Germany it occurs in 49 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Austria, where 3 percent are found.
Greif Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Greif has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,680 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 122 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Greif Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Greif surname are 12.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.89% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Greif earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 97.34% more than the national average, earning S/. 38,254 per year; in United States they earn 16.03% more than the national average, earning $50,066 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.35% less than the national average, earning $49,010 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greiff | 91 | 1,910 | / |
| Greife | 91 | 399 | / |
| Greift | 91 | 1 | / |
| Greifs | 91 | 0 | / |
| Gref | 89 | 1,658 | / |
| Grif | 89 | 524 | / |
| Greiffe | 83 | 18 | / |
| Greifeh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Graef | 80 | 6,475 | / |
| Greff | 80 | 4,614 | / |
| Greef | 80 | 2,055 | / |
| Grefe | 80 | 1,933 | / |
| Grief | 80 | 1,499 | / |
| Griff | 80 | 1,344 | / |
| Grift | 80 | 771 | / |
| Grife | 80 | 419 | / |
| Graif | 80 | 235 | / |
| Greib | 80 | 181 | / |
| Greaf | 80 | 71 | / |
| Greyf | 80 | 48 | / |
| Greft | 80 | 38 | / |
| Groef | 80 | 14 | / |
| Ngref | 80 | 9 | / |
| Greiv | 80 | 7 | / |
| Gretf | 80 | 2 | / |
| Grisf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ghrif | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gresf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Greiw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gritf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Greifová | 77 | 110 | / |
| Greifova | 77 | 5 | / |
| Greeff | 73 | 11,904 | / |
| Graeff | 73 | 5,491 | / |
| Greffe | 73 | 1,088 | / |
| Griffe | 73 | 889 | / |
| Ghreib | 73 | 782 | / |
| Graiff | 73 | 602 | / |
| Grieff | 73 | 509 | / |
| Greufe | 73 | 235 | / |
| Groeff | 73 | 99 | / |
| Greefs | 73 | 90 | / |
| Griffs | 73 | 54 | / |
| Greaff | 73 | 44 | / |
| Grueff | 73 | 22 | / |
| Grifhs | 73 | 19 | / |
| Grijff | 73 | 16 | / |
| Grayif | 73 | 12 | / |
| Grefft | 73 | 9 | / |
| Greyff | 73 | 8 | / |
| Grifft | 73 | 6 | / |
| Greefe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Groiff | 73 | 4 | / |
| Grioff | 73 | 3 | / |
| Greafe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Graife | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gretff | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghrift | 73 | 1 | / |
| G'Reyf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Graief | 73 | 0 | / |
| Graehf | 73 | 0 | / |
| Graf | 67 | 146,788 | / |
| Grib | 67 | 11,814 | / |
| Gräf | 67 | 9,314 | / |
| Greb | 67 | 7,570 | / |
| Grew | 67 | 2,480 | / |
| Gráf | 67 | 668 | / |
| Grev | 67 | 325 | / |
| Gryf | 67 | 88 | / |
| Griv | 67 | 38 | / |
| Grayeff | 67 | 14 | / |
| Grajefe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Groueff | 67 | 6 | / |
| Grifova | 67 | 5 | / |
| Graiffs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grefsås | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grefová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Griff's | 67 | 1 | / |
| Griffph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grefsch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Graiffe | 67 | 0 | / |
| Greaffe | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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- 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 Greif
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