# Greve (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/greve/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,857 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,104 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 108,066 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (2,803 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a north/Low German, Dutch and North Germanic surname, from the noun greve (“count”). * Also as a Dutch surname, from the Middle Dutch noun greve (“moat, ditch”), related to the verb graven (“to dig”). * As an English surname, from Middle English greve (“wood thicket”), or a variant of Grieve.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Greve in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Greve in the Kingdom of Denmark and Dutch Republic.

## People named Greve

- Mathias Greve, association football player
- Aleida Greve, 18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands (1670–1742)

## Similar surnames

Grove, Grieve, Grave, Grebe, Greb, Grubb, Graf, Graff, Garibay, Garvey, Groff, Grube.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.