Gryfe Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Gryfe Surname User-submission:
All the bearers of this surname in Canada and the USA are descendants of one Romanian man whose surname was Graif in Romania. This was a variant of Greif, which appears among his relatives in Romania, and which appears to have been carried to Romania from Germany, through Poland, by successive generations - possibly of the same family.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 62 | 1:594,284 | 49,093 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
Gryfe Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
All the bearers of this surname in Canada and the USA are descendants of one Romanian man whose surname was Graif in Romania. This was a variant of Greif, which appears among his relatives in Romania, and which appears to have been carried to Romania from Germany, through Poland, by successive generations - possibly of the same family. There is evidence that the Greif spelling could have evolved through graphic and phonetic variations from Gross to Greis to Greif to Graif. The Gryfe version evolved through serial errors in the Hamilton, Ontario city directory from 1911 to 1916.
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Average Gryfe Salary in
United States
$61,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gryfe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gryfe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gryfe occurs more in Canada more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Gryfe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gryfe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,312,869th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gryfe are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most commonly held in Canada, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 594,284. In Canada it is most numerous in: Ontario, where 98 percent are found and Alberta, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Canada it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent are found.
Gryfe Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Gryfe earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 52.23% more than the national average, earning $75,632 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grayfe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gryf | 89 | 88 | / |
| Grayfer | 83 | 130 | / |
| Gryffer | 83 | 7 | / |
| Gräfe | 80 | 7,447 | / |
| Grefe | 80 | 1,933 | / |
| Grife | 80 | 419 | / |
| Gryfy | 80 | 164 | / |
| Greyf | 80 | 48 | / |
| Grayf | 80 | 23 | / |
| Gryff | 80 | 19 | / |
| Gryfa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gruyf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gryft | 80 | 0 | / |
| Greffe | 73 | 1,088 | / |
| Griffe | 73 | 889 | / |
| Grefer | 73 | 444 | / |
| Greife | 73 | 399 | / |
| Greufe | 73 | 235 | / |
| Gräfer | 73 | 147 | / |
| Grifer | 73 | 21 | / |
| Greyff | 73 | 8 | / |
| Grifes | 73 | 8 | / |
| Greefe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Greafe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Griefe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Grifey | 73 | 2 | / |
| Grefee | 73 | 1 | / |
| G'Reyf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grefey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grifee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grifez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Graife | 73 | 1 | / |
| Greyfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gräffe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grifeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grefej | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gräf | 67 | 9,314 | / |
| Greb | 67 | 7,570 | / |
| Griffey | 67 | 4,250 | / |
| Grew | 67 | 2,480 | / |
| Gref | 67 | 1,658 | / |
| Griffie | 67 | 1,224 | / |
| Greffet | 67 | 1,023 | / |
| Griffee | 67 | 835 | / |
| Griffet | 67 | 665 | / |
| Grif | 67 | 524 | / |
| Griffes | 67 | 491 | / |
| Grev | 67 | 325 | / |
| Gryb | 67 | 171 | / |
| Greifer | 67 | 151 | / |
| Graifer | 67 | 55 | / |
| Greffer | 67 | 50 | / |
| Griffea | 67 | 47 | / |
| Greiffe | 67 | 18 | / |
| Griffer | 67 | 11 | / |
| Greffey | 67 | 11 | / |
| Griffei | 67 | 3 | / |
| Grifets | 67 | 3 | / |
| Grifett | 67 | 2 | / |
| Grefeth | 67 | 2 | / |
| Greffie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Grieffe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Griffed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grayfis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Greifee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Griffeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Greifeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Greafer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Grifhee | 67 | 0 | / |
| Greffes | 67 | 0 | / |
| Greffee | 67 | 0 | / |
| Graiffe | 67 | 0 | / |
| Greaffe | 67 | 0 | / |
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