Greveson Surname

1,070,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Greveson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greveson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2221:250,98220,313
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:786,30235,304

Greveson Last Name Facts

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

Greveson is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Greveson? popularity and diffusion

Greveson is the 1,070,546th most common last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. The last name Greveson is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Greveson are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 222 people, or 1 in 250,982. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Derbyshire, where 53 percent live, North Yorkshire, where 12 percent live and South Yorkshire, where 8 percent live. Apart from England Greveson exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 3 percent live and Scotland, where 0 percent live.

Greveson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Greveson has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 716 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Greiveson9414/
Greaveson941/
Greeveson941/
Greavesson891/
Grevesen8833/
Grevison880/
Griveson880/
Greavison827/
Grievison820/
Grivison759/
Gervyson751/
Girvison751/
Gervaison711/
Greybyson711/

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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
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  • 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 Greveson
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