Greña Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Greña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines891:1,137,50891,778
Argentina261:1,643,97788,124
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Grena (631) & Grēna (1) are calculated separately.

Greña Last Name Facts

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

The surname Greña is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Grena or Grēna. For other potential spellings of Greña click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Greña? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,683,218th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. Greña is primarily found in Asia, where 76 percent of Greña reside; 76 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 76 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname Greña is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 1,137,508. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Calabarzon, where 96 percent reside, Central Luzon, where 1 percent reside and Ilocos, where 1 percent reside. Other than The Philippines this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 22 percent reside and Spain, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grena93631/
Greñat911/
Greñ891/
Grēna871/
Greeñas832/
Graña806,386/
Greño80442/
Griña8065/
Grenat731,000/
Grenga73774/
Greany73645/
Granea73212/
Grenha73189/
Grenaa73148/
Grenia73130/
Grenas7345/
Gronea7340/
Greena7339/
Greane7331/
Gregna7331/
Gretna7329/
Grzena7325/
Grinea7323/
Grenya7322/
Greina7315/
Grenah7311/
Grenay739/
Greñio738/
Groena736/
Greyna735/
Grenad734/
Griena733/
Grenau732/
Graena731/
Grenja731/
Graiña731/
Grenea730/
Greaney674,873/
Greń672,768/
Grzenia671,588/
Grengia671,054/
Greenia67465/
Grienay67160/
Greanya67157/
Groneau67132/
Greenya6796/
Graneau6773/
Grenais6766/
Greynya6762/
Grenaut6759/
Grenhas6750/
Grenaud6745/
Greaner6742/
Greneau6740/
Gruinea6737/
Grenias6737/
Grineau6730/
Greania6729/
Girenna6728/
Gresnia6725/
Grenead6711/
Ghreina679/
Greynat678/
Greinat673/
Greenga673/
Grenhia672/
Greanga672/
Grenjia672/
Greenat671/
Grenatt671/
Greanes671/
Grenaat671/
Grenapp671/
Grenaux671/
Greanad671/
Greanez671/
Greanne671/
Greenai671/
Greenay671/
Greenas671/
Grenaid671/
Grainea671/
Greenau671/
Gre'ena671/
Grenjea671/
Griñ671/
Greïnat671/
Grenjad671/
Grienia670/
Greanie670/
Greneas670/
Greanny670/
Greanay670/

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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 Greña
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