Greff surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Greff surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 516 people carried this name — #42,094 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (516).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 614 people named Greff.

12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 12
Moselle 444
Meurthe-et-Moselle 48
Paris 48
Gard 10
Charente 6
Bas-Rhin 5
Seine-Saint-Denis 4
Rhône 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 106 people named Greff live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Misiones 90
Buenos Aires Province 16

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Greff,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hieronymus Greff 1460– · engraver
  • Joachim Greff 1510–1552 · teacher
  • Joseph Greff 1771–1825 · soldier
  • Nikolaus Greff 1827–1906 · Catholic priest
  • Günter Greff 1947– · professor
  • Honoré Greff 1951– · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Greff is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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