Grifo Surname
Approximately 1,541 people bear this surname
Grifo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 416 | 1:147,011 | 23,098 |
| United States | 226 | 1:1,603,801 | 107,667 |
| Spain | 214 | 1:218,467 | 14,619 |
| Brazil | 202 | 1:1,059,774 | 37,226 |
| Portugal | 179 | 1:58,202 | 3,162 |
| France | 81 | 1:820,034 | 98,127 |
| Argentina | 77 | 1:555,109 | 40,132 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Panama | 17 | 1:230,133 | 6,157 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Peru | 12 | 1:2,648,677 | 28,015 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
The alternate forms: Grifò (9) are calculated separately.
Grifo (22) may also be a first name.
Grifo Demographics
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Grifo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grifo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Grifo occurs more in Italy more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Grifò. Click here to see other potential spellings of Grifo.
How Common Is The Last Name Grifo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Grifo is the 255,938th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 4,729,102 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Grifo live; 53 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 27 percent live in Italic Europe. It is also the 2,301,746th most common given name world-wide. It is borne by 22 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Italy, where it is borne by 416 people, or 1 in 147,011. In Italy Grifo is primarily found in: Sicily, where 78 percent reside, Campania, where 8 percent reside and Lazio, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Italy this surname is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent reside and Spain, where 14 percent reside.
Grifo Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Grifo last name are 16.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.86% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Grifo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 37.94% less than the national average, earning €18,637 per year; in South Africa they earn 180.52% more than the national average, earning R 666,612 per year; in United States they earn 15.04% more than the national average, earning $49,639 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.41% less than the national average, earning $41,032 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grifò | 93 | 9 | / |
| Griffo | 91 | 4,385 | / |
| Greifo | 91 | 141 | / |
| Grifos | 91 | 8 | / |
| Grifoy | 91 | 1 | / |
| Greiffo | 83 | 69 | / |
| Griffoi | 83 | 12 | / |
| Greifos | 83 | 12 | / |
| Griffou | 83 | 2 | / |
| Gruiffo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Griffod | 83 | 0 | / |
| Grifa | 80 | 1,169 | / |
| Grefo | 80 | 17 | / |
| Gryfo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Griffoth | 77 | 11 | / |
| Griffoux | 77 | 3 | / |
| Griffa | 73 | 2,183 | / |
| Greifa | 73 | 37 | / |
| Grifas | 73 | 21 | / |
| Greffo | 73 | 16 | / |
| Grifat | 73 | 15 | / |
| Gripho | 73 | 10 | / |
| Greyfo | 73 | 7 | / |
| Grefos | 73 | 2 | / |
| Griofa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Griffò | 73 | 1 | / |
| Griffó | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grifeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghrifa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grifah | 73 | 0 | / |
| Griffoths | 71 | 1 | / |
| Greffou | 67 | 129 | / |
| Greffoz | 67 | 73 | / |
| Greifat | 67 | 51 | / |
| Greyfos | 67 | 18 | / |
| Greffos | 67 | 9 | / |
| Grytfot | 67 | 3 | / |
| Grefost | 67 | 2 | / |
| Greyffo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghrifat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghriofa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Griffeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grifaud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngriffa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gresfod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Greffoy | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Grifo
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