Greipsson Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Greipsson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Greipsson 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
Iceland121:31,6742,357
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508

Greipsson Last Name Facts

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

The surname Greipsson is borne by more people in Iceland than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Greipsson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. Greipsson occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Greipsson live; 83 percent live in Northern Europe and 83 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most widespread in Iceland, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 31,674. In Iceland Greipsson is most frequent in: Capital Region, where 75 percent live, Southern Peninsula, where 17 percent live and Southern Region, where 8 percent live. Beside Iceland it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

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
Greipson941/
Gripson8814/
Grepson881/
Grevson7528/
Gribson758/
Grebson753/
Grapson751/
Gripsan751/
Greybson713/
Graypson711/
Grappson711/
Greebson711/
Greavson711/
Grepshom710/
Grevsen63275/
Gravson633/
Grabson631/
Gribzon630/
Gravsen5086/
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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 Greipsson
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