Griese Surname
Approximately 8,003 people bear this surname
Griese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5,878 | 1:13,696 | 1,784 |
| United States | 1,480 | 1:244,905 | 23,335 |
| Canada | 279 | 1:132,063 | 13,716 |
| Brazil | 78 | 1:2,744,543 | 81,769 |
| Australia | 54 | 1:499,920 | 37,885 |
| Poland | 38 | 1:1,000,230 | 71,240 |
| Netherlands | 38 | 1:444,399 | 44,765 |
| Denmark | 28 | 1:201,597 | 16,538 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Austria | 15 | 1:567,696 | 52,281 |
| Venezuela | 13 | 1:2,323,391 | 26,733 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 248 | 1:202,495 | 17,559 |
The alternate forms: Griesé (5), Griése (2) & Grièse (1) are calculated separately.
Griese (16) may also be a first name.
Griese Demographics
Average Griese Salary in
United States
$46,425 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Griese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Griese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Griese is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Griesé, Griése or Grièse. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Griese? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 62,697th most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 910,602 people. Griese is predominantly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Griese live; 74 percent live in Western Europe and 74 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used forename throughout the world It is held by 16 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 5,878 people, or 1 in 13,696. In Germany Griese is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 37 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 17 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Germany it occurs in 29 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.
Griese Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Griese has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Griese surname expanded 597 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Griese Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Griese surname are 31.93% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 78.7% being registered with the party.
The amount Griese earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 75.91% more than the national average, earning R 418,020 per year; in United States they earn 7.59% more than the national average, earning $46,425 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.23% less than the national average, earning $44,600 CAD 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 Griese
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