Griere Surname
Approximately 474 people bear this surname
Griere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 465 | 1:142,845 | 22,009 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Grière (7) are calculated separately.
Griere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Griere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Griere occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Grière. Click here for other potential spellings of Griere.
How Common Is The Last Name Griere? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 641,055th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 15,374,569 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Griere live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
Griere is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 465 people, or 1 in 142,845. In France Griere is most numerous in: Hauts-de-France, where 47 percent live, Île-de-France, where 23 percent live and Pays de la Loire, where 9 percent live. Excluding France this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Griere Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Griere has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Griere surname contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Griere
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