Grelk Surname

1,828,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Grelk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grelk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States801:4,530,737237,840
Denmark191:297,09021,940
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Grelk Last Name Facts

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

Grelk is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Grelk? popularity and diffusion

The last name Grelk is the 1,828,462nd most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. The last name Grelk is predominantly found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Grelk are found; 78 percent are found in North America and 78 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 4,530,737. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Iowa, where 58 percent are found, Kansas, where 16 percent are found and Texas, where 11 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 19 percent are found and Germany, where 2 percent are found.

Grelk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Grelk has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Grelk surname grew 2,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Grelk Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Grelk are 39.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 92.59% registered to vote for the party.

Grelk earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.73% more than the national average, earning $43,894 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grelck91460/
Grelke912/
Grzelk911/
Grlk891/
Grelcke837/
Grilk80126/
Grelkova772/
Grülke732/
Grellg730/
Gryglik67327/
Griglik6727/
Gryhlke672/
Grellgt671/
Grlq671/
Gryglick621/
Grilc60932/
Grlec6014/

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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 Grelk
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