Greeks Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Greeks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greeks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand911:49,7628,043
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Greeks Last Name Facts

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

Greeks is found most in New Zealand. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Greeks click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Greeks? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,785,358th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Greeks live; 90 percent live in Australasia and 90 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most frequently used in New Zealand, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 49,762. In New Zealand it is mostly concentrated in: Hawke's Bay Region, where 34 percent live, Bay of Plenty Region, where 15 percent live and Otago Region, where 12 percent live. Not including New Zealand this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.

Greeks Last Name Statistics demography

Greeks earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 52.2% less than the national average, earning $20,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Greekes921/
Greks919/
Greegs838/
Greksch772/
Griecks771/
Groecks770/
Gregs7377/
Griks733/
Graks731/
Grecksch7176/
Greksová7120/
Greiques711/
Grezksch711/
Grekshch711/
Greggs671,716/
Gricks67293/
Griecs6743/
Gregsh6740/
Grekszová678/
Grecce678/
Gruiks676/
Grikss672/
Grexhe671/
Grikgs671/
Grecse671/
Griegs671/
Greixe671/
Gregse671/
Greigs671/
Gracks670/

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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 Greeks
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