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Where Does The Last Name Giffen Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Giffen is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Giffen? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Giffen is the 151,133^rd most commonly held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,500,016 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Giffen reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 74 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,911,214^th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 30 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,554 people, or 1 in 233,243. In The United States Giffen is most prevalent in: California, where 14 percent live, Ohio, where 9 percent live and Texas, where 8 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 31 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 23 percent live and England, where 11 percent live.

Giffen Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Giffen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Giffen surname grew 498 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 454 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 31 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Giffen Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Giffen last name is primarily Presbyterian (72%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Giffen surname are 2.4% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 50.83% registered with the political party.

The amount Giffen earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 494.82% more than the national average, earning R 1,413,530 per year; in United States they earn 0.97% more than the national average, earning $43,566 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.13% more than the national average, earning $56,704 CAD per year.