Greece Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Greece Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 26 | 1:937,514 | 38,808 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 63 | 1:797,122 | 49,780 |
Greece (1,012) may also be a first name.
Greece Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Greece Come From? nationality or country of origin
Greece is found most in Liberia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Greece? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,730,171st most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Greece occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Greece live; 36 percent live in West Africa and 36 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Greece is also the 252,656th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 1,012 people.
Greece is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 440,854. In Liberia Greece is primarily found in: Montserrado County, where 80 percent live, Bomi County, where 10 percent live and Rivercess County, where 10 percent live. Not including Liberia it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 32 percent live and Botswana, where 14 percent live.
Greece Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Greece has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Greece last name fell 96 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Greece
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