Greyling Surname

34,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,273 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Greyling Surname Definition:

(1) “Bright”. From Old German Grido. (2) Place name. Corruption of Grevelink. See also Greef.

Greyling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa14,5661:3,719490
England1711:325,83724,140
Australia1031:262,09423,895
United States801:4,530,737237,840
New Zealand691:65,62810,016
Canada551:669,92054,285
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Namibia331:73,0127,607
Ireland211:224,2358,707
Netherlands171:993,36365,241
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Argentina141:3,053,101127,728
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Zimbabwe121:1,286,52073,455
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Lesotho71:290,36515,938
Wales61:515,75523,171
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
France11:66,422,722504,397
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Greyling (184) may also be a first name.

Greyling Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(1) “Bright”. From Old German Grido. (2) Place name. Corruption of Grevelink. See also Greef.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Greyling Last Name Facts

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

Greyling (Russian: Грейлинг) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Greyling? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 34,697th most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 477,152 people. Greyling occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Greyling live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 671,014th most numerous first name on earth, held by 184 people.

The surname Greyling is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 14,566 people, or 1 in 3,719. In South Africa Greyling is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 37 percent are found, Free State, where 10 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 10 percent are found. Aside from South Africa it occurs in 45 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Greyling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Greyling has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Greyling last name grew 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Greyling Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Greyling last name are 5.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.82% registered with the political party.

The amount Greyling earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 86.78% more than the national average, earning R 443,868 per year; in United States they earn 26.12% more than the national average, earning $54,421 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.33% less than the national average, earning $49,521 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Greyling Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Greyling in the Russian language
Грейлингgrejling-

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