Griss 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 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 3
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 28
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 2
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

Griss Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Griss family

Profession Census Frequency
Shoe Maker 2
Stable Man 1
P Seaman 1
Builder 1
Independent 1
Female Servant 1
Harness Maker 1
Labourer 1
Shoe Binder 1
Dress Maker 1
Upholdstress 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Griss

Name Census Frequency
William Griss 41
Henry Griss 39
Mary Griss 38
Thomas Griss 26
John Griss 25
Elizabeth Griss 20
Sarah Griss 16
Charles Griss 15
Ann Griss 11
George Griss 11
Alice Griss 9
Emily Griss 9
Emma Griss 9
James Griss 9
Charlotte Griss 8
Arthur Griss 7
Eliza Griss 7
Ellen Griss 7
Elsie Griss 7
Kate Griss 7
Maria Griss 7
Rachel Griss 7
Fanny Griss 6
Agnes Griss 5
Martha Griss 5

Griss Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gross 80% 5,002
2 Grass 80% 1,507
3 Grosse 67% 1,268
4 Griss 100% 527
5 Grases 67% 398

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The surname Griss is the 4th most popular variant of Gross.

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