Grein
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English
Etymology
From the German surname, from greinen (“to cry, moan”).
Proper noun
Grein (plural Greins)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Grein is the 30600th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 762 individuals. Grein is most common among White (95.28%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Grein”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 82.
Anagrams
German
Proper noun
Grein m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Greins or (with an article) Grein, feminine genitive Grein, plural Greins)
- a surname
Proper noun
Grein n (proper noun, genitive Greins or (optionally with an article) Grein)
- A municipality of Upper Austria, Austria