Grekow Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Grekow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Poland | 14 | 1:2,714,911 | 112,031 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Grekow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grekow Come From? nationality or country of origin
Grekow occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Grekow.
How Common Is The Last Name Grekow? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,746,821st most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Grekow live; 48 percent live in Western Europe and 44 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Grekow is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 3,659,339. In Germany Grekow is most prevalent in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 36 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 23 percent live. Outside of Germany this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 28 percent live and Sweden, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greskow | 92 | 13 | / |
| Greśkow | 92 | 5 | / |
| Grekov | 83 | 6,662 | / |
| Grekof | 83 | 7 | / |
| Gerkow | 83 | 6 | / |
| Grykow | 83 | 2 | / |
| Grakow | 83 | 2 | / |
| Grekaw | 83 | 0 | / |
| Greschkow | 80 | 16 | / |
| Grekova | 77 | 6,452 | / |
| Grekhov | 77 | 2,909 | / |
| Grekoff | 77 | 170 | / |
| Greskov | 77 | 49 | / |
| Grekovs | 77 | 9 | / |
| Grajkow | 77 | 4 | / |
| Gryśkow | 77 | 4 | / |
| Greckov | 77 | 2 | / |
| Greakov | 77 | 1 | / |
| Greśków | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gryskow | 77 | 1 | / |
| Grickow | 77 | 0 | / |
| Grekhova | 71 | 3,048 | / |
| Greshkov | 71 | 113 | / |
| Greskoff | 71 | 18 | / |
| Greykova | 71 | 3 | / |
| Grekhoff | 71 | 2 | / |
| Greckova | 71 | 2 | / |
| Grekcova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Griekoff | 71 | 0 | / |
| Grakov | 67 | 843 | / |
| Grecov | 67 | 512 | / |
| Grikov | 67 | 31 | / |
| Gerkov | 67 | 26 | / |
| Girkov | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gyrkov | 67 | 4 | / |
| Grischkow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Greskovch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Greiskopf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grykov | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grakof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grokov | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gerkaw | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gresskopf | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Grekow
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