Cognomen Greive (Greive 
, Грив 
) , throughout the world, is quite a rare family name. The cognomen Greive is characteristic of British Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common surname, Mauritania, where it is quite a rare surname, and Australia, where it is a rare surname. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Germany, the United States, and Mauritania. Much less frequently, Greive is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Greive | Netherlands, United States, Germany, Mauritania, Australia |
| Грив | Ukraine |
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petrus franciscus greive painter from the Northern Netherlands (1811-1872), NL (b. 1811) |
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johan conrad greive 19th-century Dutch painter (1837-1891), NL (b. 1837) |
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| edward greive Canadian politician, CA (b. 1797) |
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| willem frederik greive NL (b. 1816) |
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| william greive (1831-1891) (b. 1831) |
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| blanche ruth brooke tatton greive (1869-1956) (b. 1869) |
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bob greive American politician (1919-2004), US (b. 1919) |
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| flora bathurst greive (1870-1954) (b. 1870) |
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| walter greive Scottish cricketer and British Army soldier, GB (b. 1881) |
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| john greive Scottish cricketer and British Army soldier (1886-1971) (b. 1886) |
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| william greive Scottish cricketer and British Army soldier (b. 1888) |
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bradley trevor greive Australian writer, AU (b. 1970) |
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| hermann greive German judaic scholar and historian, DE (b. 1935) |
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| artur greive German philologist and romanist, DE (b. 1936) |
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| wolfgang greive German author and theologian, DE (b. 1943) |
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