Grec Surname
Approximately 3,836 people bear this surname
Grec Surname User-submission:
This is a Romanian surname, denoting a Greek man, one who came from the country of Greece.
Grec Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 2,625 | 1:7,649 | 1,002 |
| Moldova | 392 | 1:9,085 | 1,524 |
| Poland | 247 | 1:153,882 | 21,856 |
| France | 170 | 1:390,722 | 57,689 |
| Slovakia | 97 | 1:55,015 | 10,631 |
| United States | 59 | 1:6,143,372 | 295,589 |
| Czechia | 57 | 1:186,552 | 27,470 |
| Brazil | 50 | 1:4,281,487 | 114,765 |
| Switzerland | 32 | 1:256,654 | 21,165 |
| Russia | 20 | 1:7,206,153 | 275,629 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
The alternate forms: Greč (77), Gréc (9), Greć (1) & Gréč (52) are calculated separately.
Grec (435) may also be a first name.
Grec Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This is a Romanian surname, denoting a Greek man, one who came from the country of Greece.
- deleted-173293Grec Demographics
Average Grec Salary in
United States
$36,824 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Grec Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grec Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Grec is borne by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Greč, Gréc, Greć or Gréč. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Grec? popularity and diffusion
Grec is the 119,733rd most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,899,777 people. The last name Grec occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Grec reside; 90 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 79 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Grec is also the 411,176th most commonly occurring given name globally, borne by 435 people.
The surname is most frequent in Romania, where it is carried by 2,625 people, or 1 in 7,649. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Maramureș County, where 48 percent reside, Arad County, where 13 percent reside and Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 8 percent reside. Other than Romania it exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 10 percent reside and Poland, where 6 percent reside.
Grec Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Grec surname are 35.66% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 88.89% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Grec earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 14.66% less than the national average, earning $36,824 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.96% less than the national average, earning $46,226 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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