The McGriff surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,789 people carried this name — #5,947 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 5,436 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the McGriff surname

Perhaps an altered form of McNiff.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McGriff» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

McGriff in American newspapers,
1906–1922.

Newspaper page from The Evening Statesman carrying the name McGriff
The Evening Statesman 1906-10-11
Newspaper page from The Evening Statesman carrying the name McGriff
The Evening Statesman 1906-07-06
Newspaper page from Great Falls Tribune carrying the name McGriff
Great Falls Tribune 1922-05-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,768 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named McGriff,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Perry McGriff
    Perry McGriff 1937–2017 · baseball player
  • Jimmy McGriff 1936–2008 · jazz organist
  • Elton McGriff 1942–2011 · basketball player
  • Erline P. McGriff 1924–2004
  • Edna McGriff 1935–1980 · pianist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McGriff,
in the records of the United States.

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 States293 records

293 records of the McGriff name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 193
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 71
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 16
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lester W. McGriff

    Born 1920 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at Oklahoma City; farm hand from Woodward County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Danny Jay McGriff

    Born 1946; from Fresno, California. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ann McGriff

    Arrived at New York in 1876 aboard the Britannic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 25; milliner. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 293 records for McGriff in the United States.

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

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