Griethe Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Griethe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 179 | 1:449,751 | 39,926 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Griethe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Griethe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Griethe is most common in Germany. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Griethe.
How Common Is The Last Name Griethe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,263,456th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Griethe reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Griethe is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 179 people, or 1 in 449,751. In Germany Griethe is most frequent in: Thuringia, where 42 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 17 percent live. Excluding Germany it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
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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 Griethe
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