Grieu Surname

503,100th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 653 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Grieu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grieu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France6471:102,66315,097
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Grieu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Grieu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Grieu is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Grieu.

How Common Is The Last Name Grieu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 503,100th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 11,160,101 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Grieu live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

Grieu is most frequently used in France, where it is carried by 647 people, or 1 in 102,663. In France Grieu is primarily found in: Normandy, where 46 percent reside, Occitanie, where 31 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 12 percent reside. Excluding France it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 0 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grieux91137/
Griu89874/
Greau80674/
Greou80624/
Griou80175/
Gruiu80113/
Grius8012/
Griut808/
Greyu806/
Greju804/
Greeu803/
Griju801/
Grehu801/
Griup801/
Graeu800/
Griehaus771/
Grioui73304/
Grueau7366/
Grehou7349/
Greoux7311/
Greeut736/
Greous731/
Griuts731/
Graeau731/
Graiju731/
Groeau731/
Grijus731/
Grijui731/
Greius731/
Greehu730/
Gryu67260/
Grîu6760/
Greijus6740/
Grouiou678/
Greggiu672/
Graious671/
Grehous671/
Grayius671/
Greeaux671/
Greiaux671/
Grejuch671/
Gräu671/
Graioud671/
Ghrijou671/
Graiyut671/

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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 Grieu
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