🌍 How Rare Are You in Greece?
👥
10.4M
Population
👁️
50%
Brown Eyes (Most Common)
📏
177
Avg Male Height (cm)
🩸
38%
O+ Blood (Most Common)
🇬🇷 Genetic Landscape of Greece
Greece has been a genetic crossroads of East and West for over 4,000 years. Modern Greeks carry ancient Mycenaean and Minoan DNA alongside Slavic, Ottoman Turkish, Albanian, and Anatolian Greek heritage. The islands of the Aegean show genetic isolation effects, with some islands maintaining distinct profiles. Crete has a particularly unique genetic signature. Greeks show a Mediterranean genetic profile with higher green eye frequency than expected and significant phenotypic diversity between northern mainland and island populations.
👁️ Eye Color
| Brown | 50% |
| Hazel | 15% |
| Green | 13% |
| Blue | 15% |
| Gray | 7% |
💇 Hair Color
| Dark Brown | 35% |
| Brown | 25% |
| Black | 20% |
| Blonde | 10% |
| Red | 2% |
| Gray | 8% |
🩸 Blood Type
| O+ | 38% |
| A+ | 32% |
| B+ | 9% |
| AB+ | 4% |
| O- | 7% |
| A- | 6% |
| B- | 2% |
| AB- | 2% |
⭐ Rare Facts About Greece
⭐Modern Greeks share significant DNA with ancient Mycenaeans
⭐Green eyes (~13%) are more common than the global average
⭐Crete has a genetically distinct population from mainland Greece
⭐Some Aegean islands show genetic isolation effects
⭐The thalassemia carrier rate (~8%) reflects Mediterranean heritage