Griffor Surname

945,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 277 people bear this surname

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

Griffor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Griffor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2761:1,313,25791,843
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Griffor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Griffor is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Griffor? popularity and diffusion

The last name Griffor is the 945,594th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Griffor are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 276 people, or 1 in 1,313,257. In The United States Griffor is primarily concentrated in: Michigan, where 72 percent are found, Arizona, where 7 percent are found and Ohio, where 6 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Chile, where 0 percent are found.

Griffor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Griffor has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Griffor last name expanded 1,624 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Griffor Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Griffor last name are 20.45% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 73.68% being registered to vote for the party.

Griffor earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.85% more than the national average, earning $45,243 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Griffore93384/
Grifford93138/
Griffort930/
Grifor926/
Greifor864/
Griford861/
Grifort861/
Grifore860/
Griffard80551/
Griffart80305/
Grefford8067/
Grefforz800/
Grefor770/
Griffurth750/
Grissford750/
Greford713/
Grefore711/
Greffard67633/
Gresford6799/
Grayford6737/
Grefoire672/
Grewford672/
Greisfar671/
Greifard671/
Grifartt670/
Greeford670/
Greifhart633/
Gressford631/
Grefar621/
Greefhosrt591/
Greafar571/
Grefardd534/
Grefarth531/

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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 Griffor
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