Gretskaya Surname

249,113th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,594 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Gretskaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gretskaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia8761:164,52418,787
Belarus7001:13,5732,132
Kazakhstan71:2,526,071102,287
Kyrgyzstan31:1,990,88579,765
Transnistria31:158,23313,093
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271

Gretskaya Last Name Facts

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

Gretskaya (Russian: Грецкая) is carried by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gretskaya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gretskaya is the 249,113th most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,571,861 people. The surname Gretskaya occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of Gretskaya reside; 84 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 83 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

Gretskaya is most common in Russia, where it is borne by 876 people, or 1 in 164,524. In Russia it is mostly found in: Bryansk Oblast, where 13 percent reside, Moscow, where 10 percent reside and Krasnodar Krai, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Russia this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 44 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 0 percent reside.

Gretskaya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (86%) in Belarus and Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Gretskaya surname are 18.04% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 64.81% registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gretskaya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gretskaya in the Russian language
Грецкаяgreckaa-

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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
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