Greece
loc · Greek · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Greece is a name, most frequently recorded in the United States. It appears chiefly in Greek and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: republic, Europe.
- USUnited States1 in 345K◐
- ATAustria1 in 60K
- AUAustralia1 in 77K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- 494K ●
- Sources
- 80 ●
in 5 countries
1.1K records
Official registry-verified
Meaning & origin●
republic, Europe
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 15,087 | 576 rec. | — | 131 | Greece | 80 |
| AU Australia | 754 | 14 rec. | — | — | Greece | 10 |
| GB United Kingdom | 511 | 85 rec. | — | — | Greece | 18 |
| CA Canada | 227 | 5 rec. | — | — | Greece | 2 |
| DE Germany | 176 | 153 rec. | — | — | Greece | 19 |
| AT Austria | 110 | 9 rec. | — | — | Greece | 4 |
| BE Belgium | 84 | 3 rec. | — | — | Greece | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | 53 | 0 rec. | — | — | Greece | 1 |
| NL Netherlands | 44 | 20 rec. | — | — | Greece | 2 |
| GR Greece | 7 | 0 rec. | — | — | Greece | 1 |
| EC Ecuador | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| CL Chile | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Greek133K26%
- English17K3%
- Spanish8151%
- Italian6651%
- Turkish3991%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Greek | 132,535 | 26% |
| English | 16,591 | 3% |
| Spanish | 815 | 1% |
| Italian | 665 | 1% |
| Turkish | 399 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Greece is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In enm, alternative form of grece (“step, steps”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic. Capital and largest city: Athens.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name●
- Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmarkb. 1872GRPrince of Greece and Denmark (1872-1938)
- George II of Greeceb. 1890GRKing of Greece (r. 1922-1924, 1935-1947)
- Princess Irene, Duchess of Aostab. 1904GRnot in their usual nameGreek princess, Queen consort of Croatia, Duchess of Aosta (1904–1974)
- Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmarkb. 1910FRGreek princess (1910-1989)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 8 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 131 | #121,780 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 112 | #147,954 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 101 | #159,712 |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 2015 | 1 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2006 | 1 | — |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 2004 | 1 | — |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 1996 | 1 | — |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 1994 | 1 | — |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 1979 | 1 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | — | 1 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 11 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Greece?
- Our records include 493,531 bearers of Greece across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Greece have the most bearers?
- Greece is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled greece.
- What does the name Greece mean?
- Recorded meaning: republic, Europe
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Greece”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.