Grief Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 45
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Grief Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Grief family

Profession Census Frequency
Ag Labourer 7
Male Servant 2
Painter 1
Shoe Maker 1
Clerk 1
Cornlet Weaver 1
Female Servant 1
Laundress 1
Navy Pensioner 1
Tin Man 1
Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Grief

Name Census Frequency
William Grief 61
John Grief 41
Sarah Grief 39
Mary Grief 38
George Grief 34
Elizabeth Grief 29
Robert Grief 27
Henry Grief 25
Charles Grief 23
James Grief 23
Walter Grief 18
Daniel Grief 16
Emma Grief 16
Ellen Grief 15
Ernest Grief 15
Charlotte Grief 14
Arthur Grief 13
Edward Grief 12
Hannah Grief 12
Richard Grief 12
Ann Grief 10
Martha Grief 10
Thomas Grief 10
Frederick Grief 9
Harry Grief 9

Grief Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Grief 100% 842
2 Graf 60% 527
3 Greef 80% 185

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The surname Grief is the most popular version of all its varients

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