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
The last name Greks (Hindi: ग्रेक्स, Russian: Грекс) is held by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Greks? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Greks is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Greks are found; 44 percent are found in Northern Europe and 44 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in Latvia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 512,512. In Latvia it is mostly concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 75 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 25 percent are found. Apart from Latvia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 33 percent are found and Belarus, where 11 percent are found.
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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