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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.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The greek name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the greek family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of greek Families in the US in 1920
Number of greek families
 21-40
 8-20		 1-7
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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