The Greve surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,803 people carried this name — #10,513 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 96,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 217 people named Greve.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Ardèche.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
43 people named Greve live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Greve.
- Gressel 354 · U.S. census
- Gresser 533 · U.S. census
- Greth 481 · U.S. census
- Grethen 116 · U.S. census
- Grether 622 · U.S. census
- Greulich 895 · U.S. census
- Grey 12,338 · U.S. census
- Griebel 1,264 · U.S. census
- Grieco 3,559 · U.S. census
- Grier 13,098 · U.S. census
- Gries 1,936 · U.S. census
- Griesbach 984 · U.S. census
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