Greifenhofer Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Greifenhofer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Greifenhofer Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
France11:66,422,722504,397

Greifenhofer Last Name Facts

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

Greifenhofer occurs most in Germany. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Greifenhofer? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. Greifenhofer occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Greifenhofer reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 4,025,273. In Germany Greifenhofer is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 50 percent reside, Bavaria, where 40 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 5 percent reside. Not including Germany this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in France, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grafenhofer8741/
Griffinhoofe750/
Greven-Wever581/
Griffin-Weaver541/
Cravinho Vieira521/

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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 Greifenhofer
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