The Griess surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,135 people carried this name — #22,618 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is down 2% from 1,155 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Griess surname
Borrowed from German Griess, a variant of Gries.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Griess» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 114 people named Griess.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Griess,
with a public archive behind them.
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Georges Griess 1865–1940 · water and forest inspector
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Robert Griess 1966– · author
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Griess.
- Griebel 1,371 · U.S. census
- Grieco 3,537 · U.S. census
- Grier 13,868 · U.S. census
- Gries 2,063 · U.S. census
- Griesbach 1,003 · U.S. census
- Grieshaber 815 · U.S. census
- Griesser 309 · U.S. census
- Griffin 198,406 · U.S. census
- Griffith 78,260 · U.S. census
- Griffiths 14,805 · U.S. census
- Griffon 420 · U.S. census
- Grignon 683 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Griess is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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