# Griffey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/griffey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,035 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,560 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 101,728 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (2,994 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Griffee |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gríobhtha (“descendant of Gríobhtha”), a personal name which derives from gríobh (“griffin”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Griffey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Griffey in the United States.

## People named Griffey

- Ken Griffey Jr., American baseball player (born 1969)

## Similar surnames

Graff, Groff, Grieve, Greif, Graeff, Griffie, Gariepy, Grieb, Grove, Grubb, Graf, Garibay.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.