Greinig Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Greinig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greinig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany621:1,298,47582,291
Austria311:274,69131,731
England261:2,143,00282,017
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Greinig Last Name Facts

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

The surname Greinig occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Greinig.

How Common Is The Last Name Greinig? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,558,593rd most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Greinig are found; 79 percent are found in Western Europe and 70 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 1,298,475. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 100 percent reside. Besides Germany it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 23 percent reside and England, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grenig92100/
Grinig9277/
Gruenig86322/
Groenig86203/
Greenig86183/
Groinig86162/
Greinix86102/
Greunig8650/
Greinic866/
Grienig862/
Grainig861/
Graenig861/
Gresnigt80350/
Grisnigt8069/
Groinigg804/
Grehenig801/
Granig77635/
Grinik77620/
Grenik77117/
Grinic77112/
Grynig7721/
Grenic779/
Ghrinigue754/
Greennigh750/
Grisnik71151/
Grzenik71151/
Grzinic7196/
Grinikh7186/
Greenhaigh7143/
Grehnik7120/
Grenick7112/
Grasnig7112/
Groenik719/
Granigg714/
Gregnic713/
Grinick712/
Grainik712/
Grinics711/
Griniks711/
Greinek711/
Grenikh711/
Greeneg710/
Greenik710/
Graignic67669/
Gresnick6736/
Greineck6723/
Greenick6712/
Groenick671/
Greenegh671/
Groinick671/

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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
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  • 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 Greinig
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