Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Greb

    A surname, carried by 1,168 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G610

    Greb: #22,131 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Greb #22,131, 1,168 people Greb: #22,131 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Greb #22,131, 1,168 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Greb is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,168 people named Greb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 264,337 Americans. That is down 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,240.

    #22,131
    rank among US surnames
    1,168
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #20,023)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #22,124Dejarnette1,169264,111
    #22,131Damelio1,168264,337

    Who is named Greb

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Greb identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Grebs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Harry Greb
      American boxer (1894–1926)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Greb

    Greb has the Soundex code G610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G610.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Greb?
    1,168 people in the United States had the surname Greb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 264,337 Americans. It ranked 22,131st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Greb?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Greb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Greb?
    Harry Greb, American boxer (1894–1926).
    Where is the surname Greb most common?
    Wikidata records people named Greb in the United States.
    Is the surname Greb getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,240 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,168 in 2010, down 5.8%.