Grets Surname
Approximately 333 people bear this surname
Grets Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 267 | 1:539,787 | 48,881 |
| Kazakhstan | 43 | 1:411,221 | 31,868 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Gréts (3) are calculated separately.
Grets (11) may also be a first name.
Grets Demographics
Grets Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Grets Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grets Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Grets (Russian: Грец) is held by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Gréts. For other possible spellings of Grets click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Grets? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 830,559th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,884,522 people. Grets is primarily found in Europe, where 56 percent of Grets are found; 55 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 55 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name internationally, held by 11 people.
It is most commonly used in Russia, where it is borne by 267 people, or 1 in 539,787. In Russia it is most numerous in: Autonomous Republic of Crimea, where 13 percent are found, Chelyabinsk Oblast, where 8 percent are found and Moscow, where 8 percent are found. Other than Russia this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 13 percent are found and Belarus, where 3 percent are found.
Grets Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (92%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Grets last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for the political party.
Phonetically Similar Names
Grets Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Grets in the Russian language | ||
| Грец | grec | - |
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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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- 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 Grets
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