Gribbs Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Gribbs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gribbs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:10,660,557428,392
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Gribbs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gribbs occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gribbs? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,185,033rd most common family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname Gribbs occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Gribbs reside; 89 percent reside in North America and 89 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 10,660,557. In The United States Gribbs is primarily found in: Michigan, where 24 percent live, Virginia, where 15 percent live and Texas, where 9 percent live. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Estonia, where 3 percent live and Germany, where 3 percent live.

Gribbs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gribbs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gribbs surname grew 378 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gribbs Last Name Statistics demography

Gribbs earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.71% less than the national average, earning $35,507 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grisbbs920/
Gribb91198/
Grubbs8320,540/
Grebbs836/
Gribbh830/
Greibb830/
Gruebbs776/
Grebbss770/
Grebb73188/
Grybb7341/
Grivvs671/

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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 Gribbs
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