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 has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Greece? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,730,171st most commonly used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Greece reside; 36 percent reside in West Africa and 36 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Greece is also the 252,656th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 1,012 people.
It is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 440,854. In Liberia Greece is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 80 percent reside, Bomi County, where 10 percent reside and Rivercess County, where 10 percent reside. Barring Liberia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 32 percent reside and Botswana, where 14 percent reside.
Greece Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Greece has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Greece surname declined 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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