Grk Surname

1,290,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Grk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Grk Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia551:45,2307,852
Bosnia and Herzegovina501:70,7287,366
Serbia441:162,38510,827
Croatia61:704,76744,411
Montenegro61:106,5944,599
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
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Grk (56) may also be a first name.

Grk Last Name Facts

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

The last name Grk (Russian: Грк) occurs more in Slovenia more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grk? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,290,735th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Grk reside; 93 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,321,957th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 56 people.

Grk is most numerous in Slovenia, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 45,230. In Slovenia it is primarily found in: Coastal-Karst, where 56 percent live, Littoral-Inner Carniola, where 29 percent live and Central Slovenia, where 15 percent live. Apart from Slovenia Grk occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 28 percent live and Serbia, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cgrk862/
Grhk862/
Grzk861/
Grkq861/
Grkc861/
Grck861/
Ghrk860/
Geerk7546/
Grksh751/
Ggrqk751/
Gørke751/
Ghrke751/
Grkova67125/
Geerke6753/
Grg6741/
Gırcık6738/
Grc6716/
Grx6710/
Grq679/
Geerck670/
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Grk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grk in the Russian language
Гркgrk-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Grk
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