Griff Surname

285,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,344 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Griff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Griff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7681:471,95240,109
Canada1231:299,55827,752
Israel1111:77,0969,393
Germany691:1,166,74676,492
Australia491:550,93340,757
Portugal471:221,6658,706
England261:2,143,00282,017
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Hungary211:467,44230,347
Liberia191:232,02814,625
Wales181:171,91811,581
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Barbados21:143,7241,981
France21:33,211,361423,184
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England391:625,00931,098
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1351:371,99028,019

Griff (1,688) may also be a first name.

Griff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Griff is found most in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Griff.

How Common Is The Last Name Griff? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 285,960th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,422,281 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Griff are found; 66 percent are found in North America and 66 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 187,233rd most frequently used forename in the world, borne by 1,688 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 768 people, or 1 in 471,952. In The United States Griff is primarily found in: New York, where 16 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Illinois, where 9 percent are found. Excluding The United States it exists in 36 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 9 percent are found and Israel, where 8 percent are found.

Griff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Griff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Griff last name rose 569 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Griff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Griff last name are 32.82% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 86.05% being registered with the political party.

The amount Griff earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 28.85% more than the national average, earning R 306,192 per year; in United States they earn 11.29% more than the national average, earning $48,019 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.08% more than the national average, earning $53,696 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Greiff911,910/
Griffe91889/
Graiff91602/
Grieff91509/
Griffs9154/
Grijff9116/
Grifft916/
Groiff914/
Grioff913/
Grif89524/
Greiffe8318/
Griffph831/
Griff's831/
Graiffs831/
Graiffe830/
Greif809,061/
Greff804,614/
Gräff801,948/
Grief801,499/
Grift80771/
Grife80419/
Graif80235/
Gryff8019/
Ghrif801/
Grisf801/
Gritf801/
Cgriffth771/
Griffthh771/
Grifftth771/
Greeff7311,904/
Greffe731,088/
Greife73399/
Greaff7344/
Grifhs7319/
Grefft739/
Greyff738/
Greift731/
Ghrift731/
Graife731/
Gräffe731/
Gretff731/
Greifs730/
Grib6711,814/
Gräf679,314/
Gref671,658/
Gryf6788/
Griv6738/
Grifova675/
Greifeh671/
Greaffe670/

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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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  • 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 Griff
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