Greg is used as a family name or surname in Ghana. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Greg
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ghana
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Greg

How popular is Greg?

Greg is common in Ghana.

Greg is ranked 25086 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gregs plummeted by 12.22031 per cent to 510 since 2000 and slipped by 6130 spots and ranked at 42511. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 75.69 73.84
Black 15.49 18.24
Hispanic or Latino 3.53 2.93
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.35 0
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
1.76 0
Others 1.18 3.61
Greg is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Papua New Guinea is ahead in terms of density. Around 20408 people have been found who wears Greg as their family name. Greg is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,072 China7
13,220 Thailand6
5,340 Iceland6
9,053 Senegal5
121,340 Spain4
114,007 Czech Republic4
7,619 Ecuador3
32,086 Mexico3
1,817 Marshall Islands3
78,945 Argentina3
13,901 Trinidad and Tobago3
22,232 Morocco3
54,641 Sweden2
28,083 Romania2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
14,621 Croatia2
9,185 Hong Kong2
6,103 Cyprus2
573 Vanuatu1
2,613 The Bahamas1
11,923 Slovenia1
7,895 South Korea1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
5,553 Taiwan1
6,820 Angola1
7,191 Afghanistan1
53,505 Turkey1
24,421 Slovakia1
24,176 Qatar1
2,374 Bermuda1
3,071 Jersey1
29,046 Japan1
6,212 Jamaica1
8,181 Botswana1
49,529 Israel1
20,172 Hungary1
7,941 Guatemala1
1,254 Gibraltar1
24,771 Colombia1
25,746 Finland1
17,575 Kuwait1
2,935 Madagascar1
21,562 Portugal1
8,268 Mauritius1
4,249 Cambodia1
37,493 Austria1
215 Palau1
17,768 Pakistan1
5,872 Namibia1
2,057 Myanmar1
10,190 Bahrain1
3,307 Malta1
6,688 Malawi1
6,033 Benin1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,376 Singapore47
7,279 Wales45
285,118 India39
11,040 Scotland39
7,570 Ireland38
214,459 Indonesia30
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,515 New Zealand83
26,687 Belgium59
Countries with hundreds of Greg:
17,493 Brazil747
10,157 Kenya471
27,752 Philippines451
14,443 England403
7,441 Australia386
15,860 Poland382
17,476 South Africa347
13,016 Canada293
7,134 Malaysia278
9,896 Greece197
59,024 Germany168
50,581 Italy146
Countries with thousands of Greg:
2,785 Nigeria8,864
12,264 United States2,877
715 Papua New Guinea1,494
6,737 France1,286
2,782 Ghana1,118
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Andrew Greg from Great Britain aboard the Tadmor from Greenock on June 16, 1849 during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 27 years old when he arrived in USA. Mary Greg, Infant Alexander Greg, 21 years old Abbey Greg, Mary Greg, aged 20, J. Greg, aged 28, are others that migrated to US from Greenock, Liverpool and Glasgow.

Greg Namesakes

  • Abby Gregory, Actress
  • Hubert Gregg, Broadcast writer
  • Rupert Gregson-Williams, Film Score Composer
  • Adam Gregory, Actor
  • Kannon Gregory, Adam Gregory's son
  • Angelo Gregucci, Coach
  • Adolfo Gregorio, Soccer player
  • Pope Gregory I, Pope
  • Pope Gregory I, Pope
  • Tony Gregory, Former Teachta Dála

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