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 most in France. It may also occur as: Grière. Click here for other possible spellings of Griere.
How Common Is The Last Name Griere? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 641,055th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 15,374,569 people. The last name Griere occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Griere reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
Griere is most widely held in France, where it is carried by 465 people, or 1 in 142,845. In France it is mostly found in: Hauts-de-France, where 47 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 23 percent are found and Pays de la Loire, where 9 percent are found. Outside of France this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Griere Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Griere has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Griere last name fell 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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