How common is the surname Greve?

2,857 people in the United States had the surname Greve in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,066 Americans. It ranked 11,104th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Greve?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Greve identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Greve?

Mathias Greve, association football player, followed by Aleida Greve.

Where is the surname Greve most common?

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

Is the surname Greve getting more or less common?

More common. 2,803 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,857 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Greve

An English surname, carried by 2,857 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). Greve is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

* 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.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,857 people named Greve in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,066 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,803.

#11,104

rank among US surnames

2,857

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,513)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,099	Lasater	2,860	107,953
#11,101	Granda	2,859	107,991
#11,103	Dearborn	2,858	108,029
#11,104	Toman	2,857	108,066
#11,109	Plyler	2,856	108,104
#11,111	Leis	2,855	108,142

Who is named Greve

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

95% of people named Greve identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Greves

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mathias Greve
Association football player, born 1995
Aleida Greve
18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands (1670–1742)

Notable Greves come mostly from the Kingdom of Denmark (1) and Dutch Republic (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Greve

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Greve come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Greve?: 2,857 people in the United States had the surname Greve in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,066 Americans. It ranked 11,104th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Greve?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Greve identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Greve?: Mathias Greve, association football player, followed by Aleida Greve.
Where is the surname Greve most common?: Wikidata records people named Greve in the Kingdom of Denmark and Dutch Republic.
Is the surname Greve getting more or less common?: More common. 2,803 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,857 in 2010, up 1.9%.