Griffieth Surname

874,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Griffieth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Griffieth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3091:1,173,00683,866
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States491:1,024,87160,160

Griffieth Last Name Facts

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

The surname Griffieth occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Griffieth.

How Common Is The Last Name Griffieth? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 874,560th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 23,584,291 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Griffieth are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Griffieth is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 309 people, or 1 in 1,173,006. In The United States Griffieth is most common in: Kentucky, where 24 percent live, Ohio, where 24 percent live and Georgia, where 15 percent live.

Griffieth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Griffieth has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Griffieth surname rose 631 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Griffieth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Griffieth surname are 29.42% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.19% being registered with the party.

Griffieth earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.45% less than the national average, earning $42,956 USD 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
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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 Griffieth
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