Grethe Surname
Approximately 760 people bear this surname
Grethe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 502 | 1:160,369 | 19,068 |
| United States | 65 | 1:5,576,291 | 276,051 |
| Brazil | 50 | 1:4,281,487 | 114,765 |
| England | 49 | 1:1,137,103 | 53,999 |
| Netherlands | 30 | 1:562,906 | 50,501 |
| Denmark | 24 | 1:235,196 | 18,480 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Grethe (27,373) may also be a first name.
Grethe Demographics
Average Grethe Salary in
United States
$40,621 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Grethe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grethe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Grethe is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Grethe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 448,102nd most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 9,588,876 people. The last name Grethe is primarily found in Europe, where 82 percent of Grethe are found; 71 percent are found in Western Europe and 70 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 29,889th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 27,373 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 502 people, or 1 in 160,369. In Germany Grethe is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 53 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent live and Hamburg, where 7 percent live. Aside from Germany this surname is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent live and Brazil, where 7 percent live.
Grethe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Grethe has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 3,250 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 272 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Grethe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Grethe are 5.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.82% being registered to vote for the party.
Grethe earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.86% less than the national average, earning $40,621 USD 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 Grethe
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