Grevisse Surname
Approximately 251 people bear this surname
Grevisse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 116 | 1:99,109 | 15,136 |
| France | 115 | 1:577,589 | 77,507 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Grévisse (41) are calculated separately.
Grevisse (695) may also be a first name.
Grevisse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grevisse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Grevisse occurs most in Belgium. It can occur as a variant: Grévisse. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Grevisse? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,011,991st most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 29,034,047 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Grevisse live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 313,557th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 695 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is carried by 116 people, or 1 in 99,109. In Belgium Grevisse is mostly found in: Walloon Region, where 91 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 8 percent are found and Flemish Region, where 1 percent are found. Beside Belgium it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 46 percent are found and Argentina, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grévisse | 96 | 41 | / |
| Grevesse | 88 | 226 | / |
| Gravisse | 88 | 36 | / |
| Grebisse | 88 | 1 | / |
| Grevaise | 88 | 1 | / |
| Grevis | 86 | 183 | / |
| Gervaisse | 82 | 1 | / |
| Grevase | 80 | 943 | / |
| Gervise | 80 | 312 | / |
| Grevais | 80 | 30 | / |
| Gerviss | 80 | 15 | / |
| Grevois | 80 | 14 | / |
| Grevice | 80 | 8 | / |
| Greivis | 80 | 7 | / |
| Greavis | 80 | 6 | / |
| Griviss | 80 | 4 | / |
| Grevese | 80 | 3 | / |
| Grevish | 80 | 1 | / |
| Grevies | 80 | 1 | / |
| Greevis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Girviss | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gravise | 80 | 1 | / |
| Grievis | 80 | 0 | / |
| Gervaise | 75 | 1,605 | / |
| Gervoise | 75 | 165 | / |
| Grebissi | 75 | 4 | / |
| Gravaise | 75 | 3 | / |
| Gervesse | 75 | 1 | / |
| Greibiss | 75 | 1 | / |
| Grewiese | 75 | 1 | / |
| Greves | 71 | 675 | / |
| Gervis | 71 | 570 | / |
| Grewis | 71 | 131 | / |
| Grevys | 71 | 60 | / |
| Grebis | 71 | 25 | / |
| Grevez | 71 | 12 | / |
| Grevex | 71 | 7 | / |
| Grevisova | 71 | 2 | / |
| Grivis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Grevaiche | 71 | 1 | / |
| Girvis | 71 | 0 | / |
| Greevisch | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gervais | 67 | 71,124 | / |
| Greaves | 67 | 36,229 | / |
| Gervase | 67 | 4,909 | / |
| Grieves | 67 | 3,883 | / |
| Greeves | 67 | 1,867 | / |
| Gervois | 67 | 944 | / |
| Grivois | 67 | 426 | / |
| Gerbese | 67 | 290 | / |
| Gerbise | 67 | 241 | / |
| Greives | 67 | 196 | / |
| Grevace | 67 | 98 | / |
| Greivys | 67 | 53 | / |
| Gravisi | 67 | 49 | / |
| Grevich | 67 | 31 | / |
| Grebisz | 67 | 21 | / |
| Grebois | 67 | 19 | / |
| Grebish | 67 | 18 | / |
| Gervese | 67 | 17 | / |
| Gervisi | 67 | 15 | / |
| Gribiss | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gerveis | 67 | 7 | / |
| Grivisi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Grevici | 67 | 5 | / |
| Grebess | 67 | 3 | / |
| Grevets | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gervice | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gerwise | 67 | 2 | / |
| Grivase | 67 | 1 | / |
| Girvice | 67 | 1 | / |
| Girvish | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geruese | 67 | 1 | / |
| Greibes | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gervish | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gerbeis | 67 | 0 | / |
| Grovese | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Grevisse
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