Grigers Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Grigers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Grigers Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Grigers Last Name Facts

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

Grigers (Russian: Григерс) occurs in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grigers? popularity and diffusion

The last name Grigers is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Grigers live; 40 percent live in Northern Europe and 40 percent live in Baltic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Latvia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 1,025,023. In Latvia it is most numerous in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Latvia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 20 percent reside and Russia, where 20 percent reside.

Grigers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Grigers has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Griggers93393/
Greigers930/
Graingers882/
Gregers86130/
Grigors8636/
Grugers861/
Gragers860/
Greggers8013/
Graziers802/
Greijers801/
Gregersøe751/
Gregors7157/
Gresers717/
Gregars714/
Grejers712/
Grygars711/
Gregorsh671/
Gregorš573/
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Grigers Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grigers in the Russian language
Григерсgrigers-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Grigers
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