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greek Name Meaning and History

  1. English (Devon): possibly a variant of Creek.
  2. Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Krieg or Dutch Kriek (see Creek).
  3. ethnic name for a Greek, a translation of Italian Greco or of a word with the same meaning in some other language.

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Distribution of greek Families in the US in 1920
Number of greek families
 21-40
 8-20
 1-7
 0
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