von Greiff Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

von Greiff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

von Greiff 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
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England21:27,859,030389,889

von Greiff Last Name Facts

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

The surname von Greiff is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name von Greiff? popularity and diffusion

von Greiff is the 5,057,639th most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of von Greiff live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 47 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,406,680. In Sweden von Greiff is most numerous in: Stockholm County, where 86 percent live and Kalmar County, where 14 percent live. Not including Sweden it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 40 percent live and England, where 13 percent live.

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
von Greff950/
van Greiff902/
von Graff846/
van Greeff801/
von Graffe800/
von Graf784/
van Grift742/
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van Graaff7052/
van Graaf6325/
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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 von Greiff
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