Griffon is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Griffon
No. of characters: 7
Origin: France
Meaning: The name is focused in Brittany and in the West, but it is also found in Franche-Comté, where we find the Griffond variant. Should we think of griffon, mythical creature half lion half eagle? MT Morlet looks instead for a personal name of Germanic origin, Grifo (grifan = capture, capture) solution that seems more reasonable.

How popular is Griffon?

Griffon is common in France.

Griffon is ranked 92910 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Griffons grew by 7.142857 per cent to 420 since 2000 and ranked 49914 after elevating 264 spots. 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 76.43 83.16
Black 17.14 15.31
Hispanic or Latino 3.1 0
Others 2.62 0
Griffon is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in France which signifies that it is originated from France. Around 4587 people have been found who wears Griffon as their family name. Griffon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
179,761 Australia6
127,708 Czech Republic3
67,494 South Africa3
4,164 Vietnam2
54,641 Sweden2
250 Tonga2
23,434 Burkina Faso1
1,704,541 India1
29,774 Venezuela1
10,683 Cyprus1
169,904 Brazil1
5,467 Haiti1
31,207 Ireland1
165,773 Belarus1
16,283 Lithuania1
40,340 Malaysia1
38,830 Morocco1
38,841 Scotland1
7,895 South Korea1
2,724 New Caledonia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
33,012 Belgium45
219,714 Russia39
72,994 Canada39
83,908 England38
89,048 Spain13
220,909 Ukraine12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
17,456 Switzerland63
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Griffon:
57,809 United States445
59,024 Germany168
Countries with thousands of Griffon:
1,940 France3,637
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Comments

S
Shira Guillen
 Griffin is a family name, a diminutive claw nickname designating a wicked man -in french means designating a fabulous animal, half eagle, half lion, sobriquet of an individual and of a magnitude monstreuse size.

Griffon Namesakes

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  • Laurent Griffon, Musical Artist
  • Sheena Griffon, Actor
  • Dominique J. Griffon, Editor
  • Moon Griffon, Broadcaster
  • Moon Griffon, Broadcaster
  • Sheena Griffon, Actor

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