Girffith Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

Girffith Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Girffith Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Guyana11:762,22114,420
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Girffith Last Name Facts

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

The surname Girffith is most common in The United States. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Girffith? popularity and diffusion

The last name Girffith is the 5,057,639th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Girffith live; 93 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Girffith is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 25,889,924. In The United States Girffith is most frequent in: Texas, where 36 percent live, Virginia, where 21 percent live and Delaware, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Guyana, where 7 percent live.

Girffith Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Girffith has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Girffith last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Girffith Last Name Statistics demography

Girffith earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 43.92% less than the national average, earning $24,200 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Girfith931/
Greffith887/
Girffeth882/
Girfit860/
Grefith801/
Greffit800/
Gerffeth750/
Greffeth750/
Greffet671,023/
Grefeth672/
Greffett636/
Ghyrfytsh591/
Cirfid571/
Serfit571/
Ghyrwfytsh561/
Jerfuit5315/
Guerfid531/
Serfeit531/

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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 Girffith
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