Greyvensteyn Surname

521,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 623 people bear this surname

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

Greyvensteyn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greyvensteyn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6121:88,52610,855
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Greyvensteyn Last Name Facts

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

Greyvensteyn is most common in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Greyvensteyn? popularity and diffusion

Greyvensteyn is the 521,888th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 11,697,505 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Greyvensteyn live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 612 people, or 1 in 88,526. In South Africa Greyvensteyn is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 44 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 11 percent reside and North West, where 10 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Greyvensteyn Last Name Statistics demography

Greyvensteyn earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 150.33% more than the national average, earning R 594,876 per year.

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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 Greyvensteyn
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