Griffitt Surname

602,749th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 515 people bear this surname

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

Griffitt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Griffitt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5021:722,03056,796
Paraguay61:1,206,12410,500
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States991:507,25935,553

Griffitt Last Name Facts

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

Griffitt occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Griffitt.

How Common Is The Last Name Griffitt? popularity and diffusion

It is the 602,749th most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 14,150,575 people. Griffitt is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Griffitt reside; 97 percent reside in North America and 97 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 502 people, or 1 in 722,030. In The United States Griffitt is primarily found in: Missouri, where 37 percent are found, Kansas, where 11 percent are found and Alabama, where 9 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Paraguay, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Griffitt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Griffitt has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Griffitt last name increased 507 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Griffitt Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Griffitt are 17.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.41% being registered with the political party.

Griffitt earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.88% more than the national average, earning $44,393 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
  • 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 Griffitt
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