The Griego surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,456 people carried this name — #4,192 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,800 people counted. That is up 7% from 7,883 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 151 people named Griego live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 100
City of Buenos Aires 31
Entre Ríos 20

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Griego in American newspapers,
1819–1919.

Newspaper page from Daily National Intelligencer carrying the name Griego
Daily National Intelligencer 1819-04-09
Newspaper page from The Coconino Sun carrying the name Griego
The Coconino Sun 1903-08-29
Newspaper page from Weekly Journal-miner carrying the name Griego
Weekly Journal-miner 1919-03-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,751 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Griego,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Phil Griego 1948–2026 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 2 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Griego,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States399 records

399 records of the Griego name in the United States
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 172
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 153
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 43
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 14
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jesus Griego

    Born 1947; from Ribera, New Mexico. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles Griego

    Born 1909 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas; miner from Taos County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1982, buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Maria Griego

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Sicilian Prince from Naples and Palermo, aged 19; laborer. From Palomonte, Salerno, Italy.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 399 records for Griego in the United States.

Counts: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany3 records

3 records of the Griego name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Wilh Griego

    From Kruglinnen, Lötzen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 22 February 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 99).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list August Griego

    Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 5 August 1915 (Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 48).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Griego in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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