Grivas Surname
Approximately 4,353 people bear this surname
Grivas Surname Definition:
“Grey” in Greek.
Grivas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 3,091 | 1:3,585 | 320 |
| United States | 594 | 1:610,200 | 49,533 |
| Australia | 243 | 1:111,093 | 12,380 |
| Cyprus | 60 | 1:14,748 | 1,691 |
| Philippines | 56 | 1:1,807,825 | 113,961 |
| Canada | 56 | 1:657,957 | 53,499 |
| El Salvador | 51 | 1:124,390 | 1,758 |
| Russia | 45 | 1:3,202,735 | 169,516 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
Grivas (73) may also be a first name.
Grivas Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Grey” in Greek.
Grivas Demographics
Average Grivas Salary in
United States
$50,173 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Grivas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grivas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Grivas (Georgian: გრივას, Russian: Гривас) occurs more in Greece more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Grivas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 107,211th most frequently held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,674,143 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Grivas reside; 72 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 72 percent reside in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 1,134,117th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 73 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Greece, where it is borne by 3,091 people, or 1 in 3,585. In Greece it is most frequent in: Attica, where 40 percent live, Western Greece, where 14 percent live and Central Greece, where 9 percent live. Besides Greece this last name exists in 41 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.
Grivas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Grivas surname is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Russia and Orthodox (90%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Grivas surname are 2.05% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.18% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Grivas earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 6.69% less than the national average, earning R 221,736 per year; in United States they earn 16.28% more than the national average, earning $50,173 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.11% more than the national average, earning $56,694 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Grivas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Grivas in the Georgian language | ||
| გრივას | grivas | - |
| Grivas in the Russian language | ||
| Гривас | grivas | - |
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