# McGriff (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcgriff/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,789 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,947 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 53,333 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.5% (5,436 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Perhaps an altered form of McNiff.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McGriff 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) | 32% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 62% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McGriff in the United States.

## People named McGriff

- Fred McGriff, American Hall of Fame baseball player
- Jimmy McGriff, American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)

## Similar surnames

Musgrove, Musgrave, McGarvey, McRoberts, McCarver, McGreevy, Meserve, McCorvey, McCarville, Makarov.

## 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.