Grétry Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Grétry Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grétry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium481:239,51329,891
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

The alternate forms: Gretry (135) are calculated separately.

Grétry Last Name Facts

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

The last name Grétry is most common in Belgium. It can occur as: Gretry. For other potential spellings of Grétry click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grétry? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,776,799th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name Grétry is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Grétry are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Belgium, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 239,513. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Walloon Region, where 96 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Belgium Grétry exists in one country. It is also found in Luxembourg, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gretry94135/
Gratry838/
Grotry830/
Gretroy771/
Grattry770/
Grery733/
Gryry731/
Greatrey718/
Gruitroy713/
Gruitrooy6712/
Greary676/
Gruytrooy675/
Grairy673/
Grerry672/
Ghriry671/
Grerey671/
Greury671/
Greery671/
Greray670/

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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 Grétry
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