Greet Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 3
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 13
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 196
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 47
Dorset 0
Durham 3
Essex 5
Gloucestershire 12
Hampshire 17
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 5
Lancashire 26
Leicestershire 69
Lincolnshire 2
London 43
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 3
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 3
Somerset 4
Surrey 1
Sussex 14
Staffordshire 5
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 33

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 12
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Greet Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Greet family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 10
Carpenter 6
Scholar 6
Cook Domestic 5
Farmer 5
Dress Maker 4
General Labourer 4
General Servant Domestic 4
Grocer Assistant 3
Draper Assistant 3
Farmer's Daughter Rel 3
Fisherman 3
Horse Keeper 2
Monthly Nurse 2
Cigar Maker 2
Hosiery Trimmer 2
Shoe Fitter 2
Shoe Rivetter Boot Maker 2
School 2
Farmers Son Relief 2
Gardener Not Domestic 2
Labourer On Railroad 2
Mariner 2
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 2
Rural Postman Civ M 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Greet

Name Census Frequency
Mary Greet 211
Elizabeth Greet 180
William Greet 180
John Greet 179
Thomas Greet 114
George Greet 112
Sarah Greet 91
Jane Greet 87
James Greet 77
Joseph Greet 72
Ann Greet 70
Emma Greet 63
Henry Greet 59
Richard Greet 56
Charles Greet 51
Annie Greet 46
Robert Greet 44
Frederick Greet 32
Arthur Greet 31
Margaret Greet 31
Eliza Greet 30
Ellen Greet 30
Louisa Greet 30
Edith Greet 29
Emily Greet 28

Greet Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Grout 60% 5,913
2 Greet 100% 3,252
3 Great 80% 1,284
4 Girt 40% 945
5 Grote 40% 506
6 Gart 40% 498
7 Gurt 40% 398
8 Gort 40% 298
9 Guert 60% 252
10 Garet 60% 244
11 Grute 40% 237
12 Grate 40% 217
13 Groat 60% 206
14 Grit 60% 174
15 Graut 60% 111
16 Gert 60% 109
17 Grut 60% 105

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The surname Greet is the 2nd most popular variant of Grout.

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