How common is the surname Griess?

1,135 people in the United States had the surname Griess in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,023 Americans. It ranked 22,618th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Griess?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Griess identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Griess getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,155 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,135 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname Griess

A German surname, carried by 1,135 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Griess is more common than 86.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Griess, a variant of Gries.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,135 people named Griess in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 272,023 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,155.

#22,618

rank among US surnames

1,135

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #21,176)

Who is named Griess

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Griess identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Griess

Griess has the Soundex code G620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G620.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Griess come from?: Borrowed from German Griess, a variant of Gries.
How common is the surname Griess?: 1,135 people in the United States had the surname Griess in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,023 Americans. It ranked 22,618th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Griess?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Griess identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Griess getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,155 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,135 in 2010, down 1.7%.