Griethe Surname

1,263,456th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Griethe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Griethe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1791:449,75139,926
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grethe92760/
Griete9212/
Grieth921/
Grether863,598/
Griette86246/
Groethe86188/
Grither86176/
Grethey8647/
Grethes8614/
Grietje867/
Grieter863/
Graethe863/
Grethed861/
Grethie861/
Grithep861/
Greithe860/
Grietha860/
Griet83288/
Grete83264/
Greither8092/
Grietsch8014/
Greuther8012/
Greathed802/
Greather802/
Graithep802/
Gritteth801/
Grietter801/
Gresther800/
Gritthes800/
Graither800/
Greithes800/
Greathes800/
Gretther800/
Griest771,113/
Greter771,095/
Grieta77366/
Grette77242/
Grythe77185/
Gretes77106/
Gretha7746/
Grethi7736/
Greste7722/
Greate7721/
Grathe7716/
Greete7711/
Grehte7711/
Graete773/
Greute772/
Griets772/
Gritha772/
Gretee772/
Ngrete771/
Griith771/
Ghrete771/
Gretei771/
Gretge771/
Greíth771/
Groete770/
Griett770/
Grethy770/
Gruthe770/
Griety770/
Greathead751,390/
Greethead7536/
Greatheed750/
Greuter712,301/
Gretter711,523/
Gräther71162/
Gruette71141/
Greeter7157/
Greated7121/
Grithis7111/
Greater7110/
Greetje718/
Grested717/
Grietti716/
Grauthe716/
Grüther716/
Groette715/
Gruieti715/
Greetha714/
Grettes714/
Greyter714/
Gretich714/
Greathhead713/
Grestes713/
Grester712/
Greatez712/
Greatha711/
Gryette711/
Gritish711/
Gritith711/
Ngriteh711/
Greatee711/
Grejate711/
Ghriest710/
Groethy710/
Grathey710/
Grestey710/
Greta67898/
Grita67831/
Grouette67295/
Greti6785/
Griti6763/
Greutter6757/
Grite6743/
Grieč6717/
Growette6715/
Grety6714/
Greatest6711/
Gried679/
Gryet679/
Grget678/
Grouther677/
Griggith676/
Grittith675/
Geeriets673/
Griķe673/
Greyster671/
Grajitha671/
Grittich671/
Grittish671/
Grity671/
Greester671/
Grauette671/
Grechter671/
Gresster671/
Groyther670/
Greyette670/
Gruyette670/
Grayette670/
Grestter670/

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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 Griethe
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