Greins Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Greins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Greins (21) may also be a first name.

Greins Last Name Facts

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

Greins has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Greins? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. Greins is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Greins reside; 71 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 21 people.

The last name Greins is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 4,025,273. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 90 percent are found and Bavaria, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Germany it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Chile, where 7 percent are found and Colombia, where 7 percent are found.

Greins Last Name Statistics demography

Greins earn significantly less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 25.44% less than the national average, earning $16,927,000 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grecins9210/
Greitens86168/
Greatins862/
Gressins861/
Greens83198/
Griens83174/
Greinz83113/
Grijns8379/
Grains8366/
Greims8318/
Greans839/
Groins833/
Gruens833/
Groens832/
Gruins830/
Greggians801/
Gresens771,061/
Grisins77166/
Gritens7751/
Gratens7711/
Grasins779/
Greinch773/
Greensh772/
Greatns771/
Grejans771/
Green's771/
Greimse770/
Gratins770/
Greanse770/
Greyans770/
Grainns770/
Grans73420/
Grãns731/
Gressens71223/
Greatens71163/
Groggins71133/
Grittens7177/
Grassens7163/
Grittins711/
Grissins711/
Griggens710/
Graysins710/
Granås67497/
Granse67270/
Greunz67160/
Grouns6737/
Graenz6722/
Greenz6719/
Gruenz679/
Greams677/
Grahns676/
Graims676/
Gransh672/
Greessens671/
Gransz671/
Gramns671/

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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 Greins
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