How common is the last name Griffin?

191,130 people in the United States have the last name Griffin, about 1 in 1,564. It ranks #126 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

GRIFFIN

#126

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
191,130
About
1 in 1,564
This common or more
18.6%
Who bears it

Of the 191,130 people with the last name Griffin, 61.3% reported their origin as White, 29.9% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Griffin

#124 Moreno · 192,910#125 Reynolds · 191,703#127 West · 189,360#128 Wallace · 189,325

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Griffin, most common first.

#10,529 Griffen · 2,906#23,522 Gribbin · 1,114#24,589 Griffing · 1,059#54,978 Griffon · 404#67,683 Griffioen · 314#82,347 Grippin · 247#110,961 Graffin · 169#118,445 Greffin · 155

Also a first name

As a first name, Griffin ranks #1,037 of 53,615, with 40,385 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2023, with 1,750 births. See Griffin as a first name

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