Greiff Surname
Approximately 1,910 people bear this surname
Greiff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 897 | 1:89,750 | 11,296 |
| United States | 514 | 1:705,173 | 55,723 |
| Sweden | 136 | 1:72,403 | 5,440 |
| Norway | 57 | 1:90,216 | 12,446 |
| Poland | 50 | 1:760,175 | 61,940 |
| Argentina | 45 | 1:949,854 | 60,205 |
| Colombia | 35 | 1:1,364,973 | 10,441 |
| Denmark | 34 | 1:166,021 | 14,242 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34 | 1:1,477,020 | 79,266 |
Greiff (10) may also be a first name.
Greiff Demographics
Average Greiff Salary in
United States
$54,678 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Greiff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Greiff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Greiff is found most in Germany. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Greiff? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 215,176th most widespread family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 3,815,469 people. Greiff is primarily found in Europe, where 65 percent of Greiff reside; 48 percent reside in Western Europe and 47 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Greiff is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous given name in the world. It is borne by 10 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 897 people, or 1 in 89,750. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 13 percent live and Bavaria, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Germany Greiff is found in 25 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent live and Sweden, where 7 percent live.
Greiff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Greiff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Greiff surname increased 1,512 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 3,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Greiff Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Greiff last name are 2.8% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 56.03% registered with the political party.
The amount Greiff earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 7.07% more than the national average, earning 370,539 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 188.6% more than the national average, earning R 685,824 per year; in Colombia they earn 44.52% more than the national average, earning $32,808,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 26.72% more than the national average, earning $54,678 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.43% less than the national average, earning $49,470 CAD per year.
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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 Greiff
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