Grifel Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Grifel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grifel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Grifel (16) may also be a first name.

Grifel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Grifel (Russian: Грифель) is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grifel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,485,539th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Grifel live; 53 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous first name globally It is held by 16 people.

Grifel is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 21,321,114. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Florida, where 59 percent reside and New York, where 41 percent reside. Besides The United States it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 25 percent reside and The Philippines, where 13 percent reside.

Grifel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Grifel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Grifel last name rose 425 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Grifel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Grifel are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% being registered with the party.

Grifel earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.75% more than the national average, earning $46,062 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Grifel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grifel in the Russian language
Грифельgrifel-

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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 Grifel
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