Grifante Surname

1,001,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 255 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Grifante Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grifante Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil2531:846,14430,541
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Grifante Last Name Facts

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

The last name Grifante occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grifante? popularity and diffusion

The last name Grifante is the 1,001,271st most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Grifante are found; 99 percent are found in South America and 99 percent are found in Luso-South America.

Grifante is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is carried by 253 people, or 1 in 846,144. In Brazil Grifante is most common in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 45 percent are found, Santa Catarina, where 24 percent are found and São Paulo, where 17 percent are found. Not including Brazil this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Griffante94422/
Grifeante942/
Grifant931/
Grifanti8812/
Griffant881/
Griffanti82449/
Grifantti822/
Griffand752/
Griffont751/
Griffond63317/
Grephant631/

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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 Grifante
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