Greeff is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Greeff
No. of characters: 6
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Greeff

How popular is Greeff?

Greeff is common in South Africa.

Greeff is ranked 19061 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Greeffs grew by 51.92308 per cent to 158 since 2000 and ranked 111426 after elevating 34585 spots. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.34 96.15
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
7.59 0
Greeff is quite popular family name mostly used in South Africa while Namibia is ahead in terms of density. Around 27305 people have been found who wears Greeff as their family name. Greeff is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,340 Iceland6
718 Liberia4
90,215 Germany3
184,212 France3
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
5,859 Mauritius2
19,046 Ireland2
91,024 Belgium1
8,181 Botswana1
123,175 Tanzania1
49,101 Denmark1
25,721 Egypt1
29,046 Japan1
17,575 Kuwait1
2,613 The Bahamas1
5,553 Taiwan1
7,895 South Korea1
47,891 Norway1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
85,726 Canada32
18,457 Scotland20
15,050 Singapore18
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,811 Australia97
23,283 Zimbabwe65
17,456 Switzerland63
4,367 Qatar58
11,769 New Zealand54
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Greeff:
14,737 England393
105,104 United States212
Countries with thousands of Greeff:
153 Namibia1,628
Countries with ten thousands of Greeff:
257 South Africa24,565
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Greeff Namesakes

  • Carel Greeff, Rugby union player
  • Jacoba Elizabeth Greeff, Author
  • Stephan Greeff, Rugby union lock
  • Stephan Greeff, Rugby union lock

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