How common is the surname Greif?

1,255 people in the United States had the surname Greif in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,012 Americans. It ranked 20,971st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Greif?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Greif identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Greif?

Irene Greif, American computer scientist, followed by Stephen Greif.

Where is the surname Greif most common?

Wikidata records people named Greif in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Greif getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,255 in 2010, down 6.6%.

The surname Greif

A surname, carried by 1,255 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Greif is more common than 87.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,255 people named Greif in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 246,012 Americans. That is down 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,344.

#20,971

rank among US surnames

1,255

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-6.6%

change since 2000 (was #18,827)

Who is named Greif

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

96% of people named Greif identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Greifs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Irene Greif
American computer scientist, born 1948
Stephen Greif
British actor (1944–2022)

Notable Greifs come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Greif

Greif 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 Greif?: 1,255 people in the United States had the surname Greif in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,012 Americans. It ranked 20,971st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Greif?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Greif identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Greif?: Irene Greif, American computer scientist, followed by Stephen Greif.
Where is the surname Greif most common?: Wikidata records people named Greif in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Greif getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,255 in 2010, down 6.6%.