How common is the last name Griffith?

75,478 people in the United States have the last name Griffith, about 1 in 3,960. It ranks #425 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

GRIFFITH

#425

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
75,478
About
1 in 3,960
This common or more
30.2%
Who bears it

Of the 75,478 people with the last name Griffith, 80.9% reported their origin as White, 10.3% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Griffith

#423 Bowen · 75,672#424 Gill · 75,535#426 Sharp · 75,463#427 Robbins · 75,400

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,401 Griffiths · 14,800#15,858 Griffeth · 1,769#26,403 Griffitts · 974#52,367 Griffitt · 428#57,668 Griffieth · 381#82,069 Griffth · 248#136,082 Grifith · 128

Also a first name

As a first name, Griffith ranks #11,849 of 53,615, with 1,067 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1918, with 26 births. See Griffith as a first name

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