Grinyak Surname

1,415,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Grinyak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grinyak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus791:120,26717,598
Russia701:2,058,901127,116
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Grinyak Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grinyak (Russian: Гриняк) occurs more in Belarus more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Grinyak.

How Common Is The Last Name Grinyak? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,415,499th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. The last name Grinyak is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Grinyak reside; 92 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 92 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

Grinyak is most frequently occurring in Belarus, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 120,267. In Belarus Grinyak is most prevalent in: Mogilev Region, where 75 percent reside, Minsk, where 19 percent reside and Brest Region, where 6 percent reside. Besides Belarus this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 46 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 2 percent reside.

Grinyak Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (57%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grisnyak931/
Grinyok86154/
Grenyak867/
Griniak861/
Grignac7168/
Gryniak7149/
Greniak719/
Grinjok711/
Grinhaug6721/
Grinjoks676/
Graignac675/
Greeneak672/
Grysniak671/
Grzeniak671/
Greenjak671/
Greenjack6365/
Grünhag5737/
Gregnac5715/
Grignoux53175/
Grenehag534/
Grenyács531/
Greenhagh506/

Grinyak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grinyak in the Russian language
Гринякgrinak-

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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 Grinyak
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