Greima Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Greima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Greima (35) may also be a first name.
Greima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Greima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Greima is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Greima.
How Common Is The Last Name Greima? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,798,600th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Greima are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Greima is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 35 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 1,597,621. In Cameroon Greima is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 85 percent are found, East Region, where 8 percent are found and Far North Region, where 8 percent are found. Beside Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 44 percent are found and Niger, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Greima
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