Greffiths Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Greffiths Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 27 | 1:75,280 | 9,683 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Greffiths Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Greffiths Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Greffiths occurs in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Greffiths? popularity and diffusion
The last name Greffiths is the 3,665,662nd most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Greffiths is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Greffiths live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Greffiths is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 75,280. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Butha-Buthe District, where 67 percent live, Qacha's Nek District, where 26 percent live and Leribe District, where 4 percent live. Outside of Lesotho Greffiths is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Jamaica, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Greffiths Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Greffiths has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greffithss | 95 | 1 | / |
| Griffiths | 89 | 162,363 | / |
| Girffiths | 89 | 19 | / |
| Graffiths | 89 | 6 | / |
| Griefiths | 89 | 2 | / |
| Groffiths | 89 | 1 | / |
| Grifffiths | 84 | 10 | / |
| Grriffiths | 84 | 3 | / |
| Griffithhs | 84 | 2 | / |
| Griffith's | 84 | 1 | / |
| Griffisths | 84 | 1 | / |
| Griffieths | 84 | 1 | / |
| Grafffiths | 84 | 1 | / |
| Griffitths | 84 | 1 | / |
| 'Griffiths | 84 | 1 | / |
| Ghriffiths | 84 | 1 | / |
| Griffits | 82 | 206 | / |
| Grifiths | 82 | 102 | / |
| Graffits | 82 | 19 | / |
| Groffits | 82 | 1 | / |
| Greffitz | 82 | 1 | / |
| Greatfaiths | 80 | 1 | / |
| D'Griffiths | 80 | 1 | / |
| Griffitts | 78 | 1,556 | / |
| Griffihts | 78 | 12 | / |
| Griffeths | 78 | 7 | / |
| Griffitch | 78 | 2 | / |
| Griffitsh | 78 | 1 | / |
| Grifeiths | 78 | 1 | / |
| Girffitts | 78 | 1 | / |
| Griffitss | 78 | 1 | / |
| Griffithz | 78 | 1 | / |
| Griffichs | 78 | 1 | / |
| Griffithsová | 76 | 2 | / |
| Grifits | 75 | 19 | / |
| Griffietts | 74 | 2 | / |
| Griffitsch | 74 | 1 | / |
| Grifeithes | 74 | 1 | / |
| Griffich | 71 | 3 | / |
| Griffets | 71 | 3 | / |
| Grifitts | 71 | 2 | / |
| Greffici | 71 | 1 | / |
| Grifitch | 71 | 1 | / |
| Griffitz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Griffetts | 67 | 26 | / |
| Gräfitsch | 67 | 17 | / |
| Grafitsch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Grisfitts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Griphiths | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Greffiths
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