Griff 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 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 3
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 2
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 1

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

Griff Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Griff family

Profession Census Frequency
Governess 1
Sawyer 1
Labourer 1
House Keeper 1
Dress Maker 1
Linen Draper 1
Miner Coal 1
House Servant 1
Visitor 1
Professor Of Music 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Griff

Name Census Frequency
Mary Griff 27
William Griff 27
John Griff 21
Thomas Griff 18
Elizabeth Griff 16
George Griff 16
Sarah Griff 13
Charles Griff 12
James Griff 9
Jane Griff 9
Ellen Griff 8
Henry Griff 7
Annie Griff 6
Alice Griff 5
Catherine Griff 5
Eliza Griff 5
Alfred Griff 4
Arthur Griff 4
Charlotte Griff 4
Edward Griff 4
Emily Griff 4
Emma Griff 4
Fanny Griff 4
Rose Griff 4
Samuel Griff 4

Griff Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Graff 80% 850
2 Griff 100% 403
3 Greff 80% 106

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The surname Griff is the 2nd most popular variant of Graff.

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