The Greil surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 125 people carried this name — #134,712 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 55% from 279 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 92 people named Greil.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Dordogne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
56 people named Greil live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Greil,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alois Greil 1841–1902 · painter -
Philipp Jakob Greil 1729–1787 · painter
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Ferdinand Greil 1812–1892 · entomologist
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Franz Xaver Greil 1819–1871 · politician
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Franz Xaver Greil 1819–1871 · politician
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Johann Nepomuk Greil 1845–1909 · sculptor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Greil.
- Grego 1,126 · U.S. census
- Gregoire 5,757 · U.S. census
- Gregor 4,180 · U.S. census
- Gregori 461 · U.S. census
- Gregorio 5,228 · U.S. census
- Gregory 91,384 · U.S. census
- Grein 762 · U.S. census
- Greiner 8,935 · U.S. census
- Grell 1,898 · U.S. census
- Grelle 449 · U.S. census
- Gremaud 188 · U.S. census
- Gremmel 143 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Greil is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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