Greks Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Greks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 4 | 1:512,512 | 30,386 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Greks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Greks Come From? nationality or country of origin
Greks (Hindi: ग्रेक्स, Russian: Грекс) occurs most in Latvia. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Greks? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most numerous family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Greks live; 44 percent live in Northern Europe and 44 percent live in Baltic Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Latvia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 512,512. In Latvia Greks is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 75 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 25 percent live. Barring Latvia it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent live and Belarus, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greeks | 91 | 106 | / |
| Greksch | 83 | 2 | / |
| Griecks | 83 | 1 | / |
| Greekes | 83 | 1 | / |
| Groecks | 83 | 0 | / |
| Gerks | 80 | 172 | / |
| Gregs | 80 | 77 | / |
| Griks | 80 | 3 | / |
| Graks | 80 | 1 | / |
| Girks | 80 | 0 | / |
| Grecksch | 77 | 76 | / |
| Greksová | 77 | 20 | / |
| Grezksch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Grekshch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Greggs | 73 | 1,716 | / |
| Gricks | 73 | 293 | / |
| Griecs | 73 | 43 | / |
| Gregsh | 73 | 40 | / |
| Greegs | 73 | 8 | / |
| Gruiks | 73 | 6 | / |
| Grikss | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gregse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Greigs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Griegs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grecse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grikgs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gercks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gherks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gracks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Grekszová | 71 | 8 | / |
| Grieggs | 67 | 44 | / |
| Grex | 67 | 25 | / |
| Groksch | 67 | 23 | / |
| Greiggs | 67 | 4 | / |
| Győrkős | 67 | 1 | / |
| Griksch | 67 | 1 | / |
Greks Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Greks in the Hindi language | ||
| ग्रेक्स | greksa | - |
| Greks in the Russian language | ||
| Грекс | greks | - |
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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 Greks
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