Greaker Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Greaker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greaker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2061:24,9633,331
United States401:9,061,473385,835
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Israel31:2,852,545113,505

Greaker Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Greaker Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Greaker occurs more in Norway more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Greaker? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 996,001st most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. The surname Greaker occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Greaker live; 83 percent live in Northern Europe and 83 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequent in Norway, where it is held by 206 people, or 1 in 24,963. In Norway it is most prevalent in: Eastern Norway, where 86 percent live, Central Norway, where 5 percent live and Southern Norway, where 4 percent live. Aside from Norway it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent live and Sweden, where 3 percent live.

Greaker Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Greaker earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 3.6% less than the national average, earning 333,618 kr per year and in United States they earn 35.63% more than the national average, earning $58,523 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Graker923/
Greker921/
Greeker8611/
Grecker866/
Grasker862/
Grekker862/
Greacer861/
Grekier860/
Grauker860/
Greutker806/
Gredåker803/
Gregkerr801/
Greacher801/
Greicker801/
Gracer77241/
Grecer7712/
Gracher71266/
Grykier7158/
Grecher7151/
Grajcer7141/
Graicer7120/
Graqert713/
Gricker711/
Graccer710/
Greecer710/
Graqier710/
Graakjær67254/
Greecher6717/
Graskjær675/
Graucher671/
Graicher671/
Grajcher671/
Grykierz671/
Grickert670/
Grácer6223/
Gricer6210/
Gracir621/
Gracquerre591/
Geerickert591/
Gricher5729/
Groicher53183/
Groucher5343/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Greaker
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