Grifferty Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Grifferty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grifferty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
Ireland201:235,4479,345
England181:3,095,448105,421
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland161:276,86711,455

Grifferty Last Name Facts

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

Grifferty is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Grifferty click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grifferty? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,918,812th most widely held family name globally, held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Grifferty live; 52 percent live in North America and 52 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Grifferty is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 14,498,357. In The United States Grifferty is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 60 percent live, Florida, where 16 percent live and California, where 12 percent live. Beside The United States it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 26 percent live and Ireland, where 21 percent live.

Grifferty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Grifferty has changed through the years. In Ireland the number of people carrying the Grifferty surname expanded 125 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Grifferty Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Grifferty surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Grifferty last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.

The amount Grifferty earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.55% more than the national average, earning $46,406 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.71% more than the national average, earning $54,508 CAD per year.

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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 Grifferty
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