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The GREG surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 581 36381 0 2
United States (1880 census) 97 32198 0 2
Change since 1880 +484 -4183 +N/A 0
Other Countries
Australia 10 88617 0 1
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for GREG by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 66 20748 0.000 2
Texas 46 18517 0.000 2
Illinois 30 25624 0.000 2
New York 29 35482 0.000 2
Washington 27 15509 0.000 5
Top States for GREG by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Wyoming 3 14388 0.001 6
Montana 5 14838 0.001 6
Washington 27 15509 0.000 5
Oregon 14 17652 0.000 4
Iowa 10 23207 0.000 3

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GREG live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GREG represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GREG in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GREG by picking someone at random in Wyoming than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GREG

Sorry, we don't have any origin and classification information for the GREG surname.

Ethnic distribution of GREG in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 429 73.84
Black/African American 106 18.24
Mixed Race 21 3.61
White (Hispanic) 17 2.93
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GREG surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

GREG is a genuine surname, but it's an uncommon one. Did you possibly mean one of these instead?

Meaning of GREG in historical publications

GREG. See Gregory. Gregg of Norclifte Hall, co. Chester, claims from the clan iMacgregor of Scotland. Kings James VI. (I) and Charles I. issued edicts against the clan Gregor, denouncing the whole clan, and forbade the use of the name; in consequence of which mau}' of the race became Campbells, Gregorys, Greigs, and Gregs. B.L.G.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to GREG

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GREG.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for GREG

The following words are slight variants of GREG that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.