Grief is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Grief
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Grief

How popular is Grief?

Grief is ranked 281241 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Griefs plummeted by 21.66667 per cent to 282 since 2000 and slipped by 15797 spots and ranked at 69579. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.68 95
Others 2.84 1.94
Grief is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in England. Around 1087 people have been found who wears Grief as their family name. Grief is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
34,572 Israel2
89,020 Tanzania2
118,015 Netherlands1
1,704,541 India1
37,493 Austria1
107,212 South Africa1
34,581 Chile1
38,841 Scotland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
67,981 Canada43
80,121 Australia20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
133,875 France61
Countries with hundreds of Grief:
61,237 United States415
18,082 England301
43,536 Germany235

Immigrants to US

From Italy

36 years old laborer Carlo Grief who was residing in Italy migrated to New York on May 29, 1883 by Lydian Monarch put out from London.

Grief Namesakes

  • Garden Of Grief, Musical Artist
  • Monika Griefahn, German Politician
  • Howard Grief, Author

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