The greig Surname

greig Name Meaning and History

Scottish: from a short form of the personal name Gregory.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The greig name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the greig family name as far back in history as possible.

greig Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of greig Families in the US in 1920

Number of greig families

23-44

8-22

1-7

Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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James Greig/Ann Arkle	DebbieGiroux51	0
James Greig/Sarah Forbes Wilson	DebbieGiroux51	0
Greigs from Scotland/Nova Scotia	Catherine Greig	2
John Greig-Jean Saunders	buzz701	0
Greig family backround	Astrea Greig	6
Ben Wayne Greig in Austin, TX 1918	drbrownlee	0
John Bruce Greig	ian greig	1
James Maxwell Greig	orinoco77	0
Stella Mary Greig	johntyner2001	0
Greig family Aberdeenshire	gpayne916	3

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