Griffiss Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Griffiss Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Griffiss Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:8,629,975373,648
England241:2,321,58686,519
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

Griffiss Last Name Facts

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

Griffiss (Russian: Гриффисс) is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Griffiss? popularity and diffusion

The surname Griffiss is the 2,273,756th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. Griffiss occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Griffiss reside; 60 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Griffiss is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 8,629,975. In The United States Griffiss is most common in: Florida, where 40 percent are found, New York, where 17 percent are found and Virginia, where 17 percent are found. Barring The United States Griffiss exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 34 percent are found and Scotland, where 4 percent are found.

Griffiss Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Griffiss has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 5 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 240 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Griffiss Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Griffiss surname are 16.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70% registered to vote for the political party.

Griffiss earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.83% more than the national average, earning $53,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Griffis9311,243/
Grifiss932/
Griffies88420/
Griffihs889/
Griffess882/
Griffish882/
Griffise880/
Griffi86306/
Grifis8616/
Griffisch821/
Griffie801,224/
Griffit801,184/
Griffes80491/
Griffoi8012/
Griffid807/
Greffis806/
Griffih804/
Griffei803/
Grifies803/
Gruffis802/
Greifis802/
Grisfis801/
Griffiy800/
Grifi77584/
Griffitt75515/
Griffice75118/
Griffiph758/
Griffiht757/
Griffets753/
Griffich753/
Grithfis751/
Greffise751/
Griffiey751/
Griffieh751/
Griffidh751/
Griffa712,183/
Griffe71889/
Griffy71811/
Ghrifi71170/
Griffetts7126/
Greffi7123/
Groisfish7118/
Grifes718/
Griffeths717/
Griffithd716/
Grifit714/
Griffitth714/
Grifid713/
Kgriffith713/
Griffeith712/
Griffithh712/
Grefis711/
Grifffith711/
Graiffith711/
Graifi711/
Grifeiths711/
Griffé711/
Griffhitt711/
Griffaith710/
Griffey674,250/
Griffee67835/
Griffet67665/
Griffay6795/
Ghraifi6750/
Griffea6747/
Greiffe6718/
Griffer6711/
D'Griffith673/
Grifich673/
Grifets673/
Greffie672/
Griffex672/
Greefis671/
Griffeu671/
Grieffe671/
Griffed671/
Griphis671/
Grayfis671/
Greffit670/
Greffes670/
Grifitt670/
Graiffe670/

Griffiss Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Griffiss in the Russian language
Гриффиссgriffiss-

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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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  • 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 Griffiss
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