Griffen is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Griffen
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Griffen

How popular is Griffen?

Griffen is common in United States.

Griffen is ranked 93159 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Griffens plummeted by 3.957131 per cent to 3495 since 2000 and slipped by 954 spots and ranked at 9314. The last name was found in around 12 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 62.29 62.02
Black 30.64 33.28
Hispanic or Latino 3.12 2.06
Others 2.8 1.98
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.86 0.41
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.29 0.25
Griffen is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while New Zealand is ahead in terms of density. Around 4572 people have been found who wears Griffen as their family name. Griffen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,594 Pakistan5
1,014,159 India4
6,779 Nicaragua3
14,078 Japan3
6,900 Oman2
219,873 France2
50,640 Switzerland2
118,441 Germany2
12,161 Wales2
4,249 Cambodia1
169,904 Brazil1
165,773 Belarus1
37,493 Austria1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
47,891 Norway1
7,790 Zambia1
7,292 Vietnam1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
49,529 Israel1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,504 Ireland33
269,016 Russia29
173,579 Ukraine18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
Countries with hundreds of Griffen:
8,244 Australia344
17,618 England312
30,064 South Africa183
5,808 New Zealand130
31,803 Canada105
Countries with thousands of Griffen:
11,036 United States3,283
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Griffen worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 28 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Yorkshire and arrived on April 2, 1846. John Griffen (19) Workman, Margaret Griffen (24), Joanna Griffen (10), 18 years old Michael Griffen, Patrick Griffen, aged 18, Mary Griffen, aged 40, Patt Griffen, aged 25, Catherine Griffen (20) Farmer, and 87 other Griffen around 44.26% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and shoemaker, servant, spinster, painter migrated to US from Cork, Dublin and Liverpool.

Griffen Namesakes

  • Arvid Griffen, Film producer
  • Everson Griffen, Football defensive end
  • Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman
  • Everson Griffen, Football defensive end
  • Ryan Griffen, Australian Rules Footballer
  • Anders Griffen, Musical Artist
  • Thomas Griffen, Olympic athlete
  • John Griffen, Actor
  • Mike Griffen, Musical Artist
  • Hal Griffen, Football player

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