Griego Surname
Approximately 14,044 people bear this surname
Griego Surname Definition:
Place name in Ayna, Albacete, Albarracín, Teruel in Mexico. Someone from Greece, colloquially meaning gambler, crook or palmer.
Griego Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,730 | 1:33,780 | 4,218 |
| Philippines | 1,398 | 1:72,416 | 12,486 |
| Mexico | 850 | 1:146,031 | 4,571 |
| Colombia | 361 | 1:132,338 | 4,130 |
| Argentina | 162 | 1:263,848 | 21,282 |
| Uruguay | 152 | 1:22,577 | 2,616 |
| Venezuela | 147 | 1:205,470 | 5,517 |
| South Africa | 72 | 1:752,468 | 52,376 |
| Italy | 56 | 1:1,092,084 | 72,109 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Cuba | 13 | 1:886,363 | 6,304 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 731 | 1:68,699 | 7,451 |
Griego (86) may also be a first name.
Griego Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Place name in Ayna, Albacete, Albarracín, Teruel in Mexico. Someone from Greece, colloquially meaning gambler, crook or palmer.
Griego Demographics
Average Male Griego Height
173.46 cm
Average Female Griego Height
158.96 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Griego Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Griego Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Griego (Russian: Гриего) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Griego? popularity and diffusion
The surname Griego is the 37,495th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 518,908 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Griego live; 82 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America. Griego is also the 1,032,266th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 86 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 10,730 people, or 1 in 33,780. In The United States Griego is mostly concentrated in: New Mexico, where 41 percent reside, California, where 17 percent reside and Colorado, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 35 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 10 percent reside and Mexico, where 6 percent reside.
Griego Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Griego has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Griego surname increased 1,468 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Griego Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Griego are 35.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 88.85% registered with the political party.
The amount Griego earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 31.54% less than the national average, earning R 162,696 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.98% less than the national average, earning $18,620,200 COP per year and in United States they earn 8.88% less than the national average, earning $39,318 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Griego Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Griego in the Russian language | ||
| Гриего | griego | - |
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Griego Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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