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 last name Griethe is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Griethe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Griethe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,263,456th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Griethe are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Griethe is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 179 people, or 1 in 449,751. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Thuringia, where 42 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 17 percent live. Besides Germany it exists 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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