Greife Surname

727,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 399 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Greife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greife Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2091:385,19436,091
United States1871:1,938,283125,322
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Greife Last Name Facts

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

Greife occurs most in Germany. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Greife? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 727,600th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 18,264,526 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Greife are found; 53 percent are found in Western Europe and 52 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 385,194. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 66 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 21 percent live and Hesse, where 8 percent live. Not including Germany this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 47 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Greife Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Greife has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Greife last name grew 984 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Greife Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Greife surname are 11.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.14% registered to vote for the party.

Greife earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.46% more than the national average, earning $43,780 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Greifer92151/
Greiffe9218/
Greifee921/
Greifeh921/
Greif919,061/
Grefe911,933/
Grife91419/
Greiffer8622/
Greiffey861/
Graefe831,973/
Greiff831,910/
Greffe831,088/
Griffe83889/
Grefer83444/
Greufe83235/
Greifa8337/
Grifer8321/
Grifes838/
Greefe835/
Greafe833/
Griefe832/
Grifey832/
Gruefe831/
Groefe831/
Grefee831/
Grefey831/
Grifee831/
Grifez831/
Graife831/
Greift831/
Grifeu831/
Grefej831/
Greifs830/
Gref801,658/
Grif80524/
Griffey774,250/
Griffie771,224/
Greffet771,023/
Griffee77835/
Griffet77665/
Griffes77491/
Graeffe7791/
Graifer7755/
Greffer7750/
Griffea7747/
Grajefe7713/
Griffer7711/
Greffey7711/
Grifets773/
Grifett772/
Grefeth772/
Greffie772/
Greifis772/
Grieffe771/
Griffed771/
Griffeu771/
Greafer770/
Grifhee770/
Greffes770/
Greffee770/
Graiffe770/
Greaffe770/
Grifhey770/
Grefa7313,499/
Gräfe737,447/
Grafe737,232/
Graef736,475/
Greff734,614/
Greef732,055/
Grief731,499/
Griff731,344/
Grifa731,169/
Grift73771/
Grifi73584/
Greeb73376/
Graif73235/
Greib73181/
Grify73136/
Greaf7371/
Gryfe7368/
Greyf7348/
Greev7341/
Greft7338/
Greew7316/
Groef7314/
Grifé7311/
Ngref739/
Greiv737/
Grefi737/
Grefé732/
Grefy732/
Gretf732/
Gritf731/
Greiw731/
Gresf731/
Grisf731/
Ghrif731/
Griffett71299/
Greifová71110/
Greffett716/
Greifova715/
Griffets713/
Griffess712/
Gresfett711/
Griffieh711/
Griffiey711/
Grajeffe711/
Grifetts710/
Greeff6711,904/
Graeff675,491/
Graffe672,389/
Griffa672,183/
Ghreeb671,077/
Griffy67811/
Ghreib67782/
Graiff67602/
Greffa67511/
Grieff67509/
Griffi67306/
Grafer67185/
Grafeh67177/
Ghrifi67170/
Gräfer67147/
Groeff6799/
Greefs6790/
Griffs6754/
Greaff6744/
Griffeath6736/
Griffetts6726/
Greffi6723/
Grueff6722/
Grifhs6719/
Grifis6716/
Grijff6716/
Groihofer6716/
Grayif6712/
Greyeb6711/
Grafee6710/
Grefft679/
Greyff678/
Griffeths677/
Grifft676/
Greefa675/
Grifit674/
Groiff674/
Greeph674/
Grioff673/
Grifid673/
Grafes672/
Grafet672/
Greyev671/
G'Reyf671/
Groufe671/
Grefaa671/
Grefio671/
Grefis671/
Ghrift671/
Graifi671/
Greffy671/
Grayfe671/
Gretff671/
Griffé671/
Grifoy671/
Greyfa671/
Gräffe671/
Greafa671/
Ghrifa671/
Grifeiths671/
Ngreew671/
Hgreew671/
Graehf670/
Graief670/
Graafe670/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Greife
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