Grieven Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Grieven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grieven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium311:370,85940,209
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Grieven (92) may also be a first name.

Grieven Last Name Facts

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

The last name Grieven occurs more in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Grieven.

How Common Is The Last Name Grieven? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,432,070th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name Grieven occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Grieven reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Grieven is also the 992,070th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 92 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 370,859. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Belgium Grieven is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 3 percent are found and Zambia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Greven924,571/
Griven9246/
Greeven86615/
Graeven86190/
Greaven8639/
Groeven8615/
Grevent865/
Grevend861/
Greiven861/
Grievink80318/
Grieving8066/
Grevesen8033/
Grishven802/
Greevenk801/
Greeeven801/
Grevin77646/
Grivin77464/
Gräven77125/
Gruven7720/
Gréven772/
Grevem772/
Grivenova756/
Greyhaven752/
Greving71950/
Grevink71516/
Grivina71307/
Graveen71220/
Grouven7123/
Greevin7115/
Graween7111/
Grevina7110/
Greivin715/
Grevain715/
Grivennova714/
Griving713/
Graivin711/
Gravein711/
Grivion711/
Grévent711/
Greiving67198/
Grevienė67189/
Greevink67116/
Grishvin6769/
Gryvienė671/
Grevingk671/
Groyvenn670/

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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 Grieven
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