Greffith Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

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

Greffith Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Greffith Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Greffith (10) may also be a first name.

Greffith Last Name Facts

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

The surname Greffith occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Greffith? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Greffith reside; 29 percent reside in North America and 29 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name on earth, held by 10 people.

Greffith is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most numerous in: Tennessee, where 50 percent live and Washington, where 50 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 14 percent live and New Zealand, where 14 percent live.

Greffith Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Greffith has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Greffith surname contracted 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Greffith
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