Grifhorst Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Grifhorst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grifhorst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1111:152,13722,745
United States791:4,588,088240,017
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Grifhorst Last Name Facts

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

Grifhorst is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grifhorst? popularity and diffusion

Grifhorst is the 1,185,157th most common surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 60 percent of Grifhorst reside; 59 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Grifhorst is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 111 people, or 1 in 152,137. In The Netherlands Grifhorst is mostly found in: North Holland, where 68 percent reside, Gelderland, where 13 percent reside and Flevoland, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent reside and Switzerland, where 3 percent reside.

Grifhorst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Grifhorst has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 7,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Grifhorst Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Grifhorst surname are 38.42% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 85.19% registered with the political party.

Grifhorst earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.17% less than the national average, earning $34,444 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grefhorst89124/
Grafhorst8998/
Greefhorst84182/
Gripfors823/
Grefors752/
Gredfors7121/
Kraforst7115/
Grytfors7115/
Grevfors7114/
Krahforst67604/
Krauforst671/
Kurfürst59477/
Korvorst59136/
Kurfurst59134/
Kurfirst59113/
Kurfűrst5931/
Kurferst593/
Curfurst592/
Kerferst591/
Carfirst590/
Kurfuerst5625/
Keurvorst569/
Kurfeerst564/
Crawforsd563/
Krahfrost561/
Carefirst561/
Kurfyurst561/

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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 Grifhorst
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