Greting Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Greting Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greting Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Greting (73) may also be a first name.

Greting Last Name Facts

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

Greting (Marathi: ेटींग) is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Greting? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Greting occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Greting live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in Scandinavia. Greting is also the 1,134,117th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 73 people.

The last name Greting is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 3,282,252. In Sweden Greting is mostly found in: Stockholm County, where 100 percent reside. Not including Sweden it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent reside.

Greting Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Greting has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Greting last name fell 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Groeting9334/
Greeting9310/
Greating932/
Gresting931/
Grehting930/
Greing92331/
Gretin9215/
Greatting8862/
Groething8810/
Greetings886/
Grettings881/
Groetting881/
Gröting86109/
Gryting86107/
Girting8630/
Gerting8630/
Gretina8629/
Gresing8610/
Grethin864/
Grettin862/
Grecing862/
Gretien861/
Greßing861/
Groting861/
Grating860/
Grein837,249/
Greising80537/
Grytting80136/
Grotting80115/
Greutink8066/
Greißing8041/
Grötting8025/
Gressing8021/
Gerthing8014/
Grything806/
Guerting805/
Gratting804/
Grathing802/
Greszing802/
Gritting801/
Gredtion801/
Greesing800/
Greasing800/
Gertting800/
Grettien800/
Greatyng800/
Greten77607/
Greine77176/
Greijn77141/
Gresin7751/
Graing7711/
Grecin778/
G'Rein772/
Groing772/
Greind772/
Greatn771/
Greint771/
Gritin771/
Greßin771/
Gruing770/
Greinn770/
Grichting75571/
Greissing75177/
Grotthing7511/
Gressingh758/
Gretinova751/
Gresszing751/
Grechin711,247/
Greinke711,238/
Grethen711,156/
Greisen711,065/
Grieten71528/
Gressin71517/
Greiten71226/
Gretten7191/
Gräsing7156/
Grittin7118/
Grehsin7110/
Gristin715/
Greisin714/
Greecin714/
Grehten712/
G'Reine711/
Grising711/
Grithin711/
Gritina711/
Grition711/
Greinqe711/
Ghreine711/
Greinek711/
Greeneg710/
Greyten710/
Greinks710/
Groings710/
Grine6714,152/
Grain674,080/
Greim672,632/
Grene671,269/
Grgin67352/
Greyn67211/
Gruin67189/
Grean67119/
Gresienė6755/
Greichen6747/
Grijn6733/
Groin6732/
Greineck6723/
Grissing6718/
Gritienė679/
Greun675/
Grytienė673/
Gretnova672/
Grhin671/
Grinh671/
Greinová671/
Greatenx671/
Grechten671/
Greenegh671/
Geetrine671/
Ghreinne671/
Graytion671/
Greincke671/
Grettenn670/
Greithen670/
Gerthnng670/
Grhen670/

Greting Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Greting in the Marathi language
ेटींगetinga-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Greting
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