The Griffith surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 77,429 people carried this name — #369 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,480 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 52 people named Griffith.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Marne.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Griffith live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Griffith in American newspapers,
1881–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 740,138 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Griffith,
with a public archive behind them.
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Elizabeth Griffith 1727–1793 · actor -
Sir Richard Griffith, 1st Baronet 1784–1878 · geologist -
David Griffith 1800–1894 · poet -
William Griffith 1806– · bookseller -
James Milo Griffith 1843–1897 · sculptor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 155 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Griffith.
- Gries 1,936 · U.S. census
- Griesbach 984 · U.S. census
- Grieshaber 820 · U.S. census
- Griess 1,155 · U.S. census
- Griesser 308 · U.S. census
- Griffin 190,636 · U.S. census
- Griffiths 13,563 · U.S. census
- Griffon 392 · U.S. census
- Grignon 642 · U.S. census
- Grigorian 1,101 · U.S. census
- Grigoryan 969 · U.S. census
- Grill 3,137 · U.S. census
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