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 last name Griew is most common in England. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Griew? popularity and diffusion

Griew is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Griew are found; 75 percent are found in Northern Europe and 75 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most numerous in England, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 2,143,002. In England Griew is mostly concentrated in: Greater London, where 35 percent are found, Warwickshire, where 23 percent are found and Nottinghamshire, where 15 percent are found. Besides England it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Wales, where 14 percent are found and Australia, where 11 percent are found.

Griew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Griew has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Griew last name contracted 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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