Griew Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Griew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Griew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:2,143,00282,017
Wales61:515,75523,171
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Griew Last Name Facts

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

The surname Griew occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Griew? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. Griew is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Griew live; 75 percent live in Northern Europe and 75 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 2,143,002. In England it is most frequent in: Greater London, where 35 percent reside, Warwickshire, where 23 percent reside and Nottinghamshire, where 15 percent reside. Barring England this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Wales, where 14 percent reside and Australia, where 11 percent reside.

Griew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Griew has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Griew surname fell 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Griewe91120/
Grew892,480/
Grieb804,792/
Grief801,499/
Grife80419/
Griev8067/
Greew8016/
Grews809/
Grewz801/
Greiw801/
Cgrew801/
Griwt801/
Ngrew801/
Greaw800/
Ghrieb734,137/
Griffe73889/
Grieff73509/
Greife73399/
Graieb73152/
Grieef7333/
Grajew7313/
Grijev7312/
Grievs736/
Griefe732/
Griefs732/
Griyeb732/
Hgreew731/
Grieev731/
Grieft731/
Graife731/
Ngreew731/
Graief730/
Grib6711,814/
Greb677,570/
Gref671,658/
Grif67524/
Grev67325/
Griv6738/
Greiffe6718/
Ghraieb6717/
Grijeva677/
Gribowa673/
Grieeff672/
Ngreejw671/
Grieffe671/
Grrgiev671/
Greifeh671/
Grahieb671/
Graiffe670/

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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 Griew
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