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.
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Grec Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grec Come From? nationality or country of origin
Grec is carried by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Greč, Gréc, Greć or Gréč. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Grec? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 119,733rd most prevalent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,899,777 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Grec live; 90 percent live in Eastern Europe and 79 percent live in Romanian Europe. Grec is also the 411,176th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 435 people.
It is most common in Romania, where it is held by 2,625 people, or 1 in 7,649. In Romania it is primarily found in: Maramureș County, where 48 percent are found, Arad County, where 13 percent are found and Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Romania this last name is found in 36 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 10 percent are found and Poland, where 6 percent are found.
Grec Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Grec last name are 35.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 88.89% registered to vote for the political 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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