Grevens Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Scotland

Grevens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grevens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Grevens Last Name Facts

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

Grevens is most common in Germany. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grevens? popularity and diffusion

Grevens is the 5,812,366th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. Grevens occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Grevens reside; 64 percent reside in Western Europe and 64 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Grevens is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 11,500,780. In Germany Grevens is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 86 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 9 percent live and Kenya, where 9 percent live.

Grevens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Grevens has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gravens86255/
Gervens8647/
Grivens8627/
Grevins8621/
Grävens862/
Girvens862/
Grovens862/
Greevins801/
Grievons800/
Grevions800/
Grivins71143/
Grivans7187/
Gravins7159/
Gravans7115/
Gervins7111/
Grovans711/
Grīvans711/
Grovins710/
Girvins710/
Grayvans671/
Grivinns671/
Grovanz5732/
Grivinš578/

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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 Grevens
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