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

The last name Greife is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Greife? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 727,600th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 18,264,526 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 53 percent of Greife live; 53 percent live in Western Europe and 52 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent 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 reside, Lower Saxony, where 21 percent reside and Hesse, where 8 percent reside. Not including Germany this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 47 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Greife Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Greife has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Greife last name rose 984 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Greife Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Greife last name are 11.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.14% being 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

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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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