Griffins Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Seychelles

Griffins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Griffins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1641:2,210,115138,772
Kenya311:1,489,67435,719
Scotland161:334,61415,044
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
England141:3,979,861125,553
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England771:316,56320,927
Scotland141:267,3738,913
Wales111:142,5835,610
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1241:404,98929,999

Griffins (2,561) may also be a first name.

Griffins Last Name Facts

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

Griffins (Russian: Гриффинс) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Griffins? popularity and diffusion

Griffins is the 996,001st most frequently used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. The surname Griffins occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Griffins reside; 69 percent reside in North America and 65 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 145,539th most commonly held forename on earth, held by 2,561 people.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 164 people, or 1 in 2,210,115. In The United States Griffins is most frequent in: Texas, where 16 percent are found, Illinois, where 12 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 12 percent are found and Scotland, where 6 percent are found.

Griffins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Griffins has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 132 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 114 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it fell 82 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Griffins Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Griffins surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Griffins last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the political party.

The amount Griffins earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 11.46% less than the national average, earning $38,202 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.32% more than the national average, earning $53,817 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Griffins Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Griffins in the Russian language
Гриффинсgriffins-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Griffins
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