Görög Surname

186,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,269 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Görög Surname User-submission:

Görög is a Hungarian surname, originally given to someone of Greek ethnicity.

Görög Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary2,0491:4,791555
Slovakia861:62,05211,997
Germany561:1,437,59788,094
Czechia341:312,74939,315
Austria201:425,77243,235
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Gorog (613) & Gőrőg (7) are calculated separately.

Görög Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Görög is a Hungarian surname, originally given to someone of Greek ethnicity.

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Görög Last Name Facts

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

Görög (Hindi: गोरोग) is found most in Hungary. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Gorog or Gőrőg. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Görög? popularity and diffusion

The surname Görög is the 186,601st most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 3,211,788 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Görög reside; 96 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 90 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Hungary, where it is carried by 2,049 people, or 1 in 4,791. In Hungary Görög is primarily found in: Budapest, where 21 percent reside, Bács-Kiskun County, where 19 percent reside and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 10 percent reside. Barring Hungary this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 4 percent reside and Germany, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Görögh9195/
Görg893,095/
Grög891/
Gorog87613/
Gőrőg877/
Görgü802,072/
Görig80613/
Görgo802/
Görgö801/
Grg7541/
Göhrig73405/
Görrig7315/
Görgőy731/
Garg67225,266/
Greg676,119/
Gorg671,666/
Grig671,325/
Görk67473/
Grag67192/
Grga67176/
Krög67145/
Gurg67109/
Körg6788/
Grgo6778/
Gryg6760/
Görööch6732/
Görç6711/
Grug678/
Görč672/
Grog672/
Grüg671/
Wgrg671/
Hgrg671/
Gróg671/
Grèg671/
Gräg671/
Grgg671/
Garoeg551/
Goeroeg501/

Görög Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Görög in the Hindi language
गोरोगgoroga-

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