Giffins Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Giffins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Giffins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:9,293,819392,288
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States501:1,004,37459,252

Giffins Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Giffins Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Giffins is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Giffins? popularity and diffusion

The last name Giffins is the 3,055,934th most frequent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Giffins occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Giffins are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 9,293,819. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 36 percent live, New Jersey, where 33 percent live and Ohio, where 5 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Kenya, where 2 percent live.

Giffins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Giffins has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Giffins surname declined 22 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Giffins Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Giffins surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

Giffins earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.44% more than the national average, earning $48,950 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guffins867/
Giffens862/
Hiffins860/
Chiffins808/
Iofins771/
Jifins771/
Effins770/
Guffens71504/
Geffens7134/
Hiffens7118/
Effions717/
Heffins711/
Siffens710/
Seffins710/
Jeffins710/
Cheffins67231/
Chiffens6725/
Hifns671/
Sieffens671/
Chiffince630/
Ifinje622/
Jeffns621/
Seffens57355/
Giphens574/
Jeffens572/
Jeffnss570/
Heffens570/
Ifnz551/
Cheffens531/
Ifems502/
Chiffence500/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Giffins
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