How common is the surname Griffey?

3,035 people in the United States had the surname Griffey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,728 Americans. It ranked 10,560th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Griffey?

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

Where is the surname Griffey most common?

Wikidata records people named Griffey in the United States.

Is the surname Griffey getting more or less common?

More common. 2,994 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,035 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Griffey

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 3,035 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Griffey is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

Griffey is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,035 people named Griffey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,728 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,994.

#10,560

rank among US surnames

3,035

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,939)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,552	Basler	3,038	101,628
#10,553	Hilty	3,037	101,661
#10,555	Magness	3,036	101,695
#10,560	Biggerstaff	3,035	101,728
#10,563	Nadler	3,034	101,762
#10,565	Mullikin	3,033	101,795

Who is named Griffey

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

87% of people named Griffey identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Griffeys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ken Griffey Jr.
American baseball player (born 1969)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Griffee

Surnames that sound like Griffey

Griffey has the Soundex code G610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G610.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Griffey come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gríobhtha (“descendant of Gríobhtha”), a personal name which derives from gríobh (“griffin”).
How common is the surname Griffey?: 3,035 people in the United States had the surname Griffey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,728 Americans. It ranked 10,560th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Griffey?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Griffey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Griffey?: Ken Griffey Jr., American baseball player (born 1969).
Where is the surname Griffey most common?: Wikidata records people named Griffey in the United States.
What type of surname is Griffey?: Griffey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Griffey getting more or less common?: More common. 2,994 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,035 in 2010, up 1.4%.
What are other spellings of Griffey?: Griffee.