Grigoras Surname

33,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,661 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Grigoras Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grigoras Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania12,8591:1,561204
Moldova1,9101:1,865212
Greece1981:55,9599,328
Belgium1191:96,61014,836
Italy1121:546,04253,051
United States1051:3,451,990194,849
Canada591:624,50251,218
Portugal571:182,7767,697
France511:1,302,406132,002
England321:1,741,18971,393
Ireland291:162,3777,171
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Norway71:734,61250,907
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

The alternate forms: Grigoraș (2,116), Grigoraş (1,986), Grigoraš (3) & Grigorás (1) are calculated separately.

Grigoras (236) may also be a first name.

Grigoras Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grigoras (Russian: Григорась) is found most in Romania. It may occur in the variant forms: Grigoraș, Grigoraş, Grigoraš or Grigorás. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grigoras? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 33,894th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 465,331 people. The last name Grigoras is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Grigoras are found; 94 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 94 percent are found in Romanian Europe. It is also the 583,008th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 236 people.

It is most commonly used in Romania, where it is held by 12,859 people, or 1 in 1,561. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Iași County, where 12 percent live, Suceava County, where 9 percent live and Bacău County, where 9 percent live. Excluding Romania it exists in 38 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 12 percent live and Greece, where 1 percent live.

Grigoras Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Grigoras are 0.94% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.17% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Grigoras earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 66.46% less than the national average, earning €10,073 per year; in United States they earn 18.2% more than the national average, earning $51,000 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.23% less than the national average, earning $47,581 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Grigoras Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grigoras in the Russian language
Григорасьgrigoras-

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Footnotes

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