Griffin Family History
Griffin Name Meaning
Welsh: from a medieval Latinized form, Griffinus, of the
Welsh personal name Gruffudd (see Griffith).English: nickname for a fierce or dangerous person, from Middle
English griffin ‘gryphon’ (from Latin gryphus, Greek
gryps, of Assyrian origin).Irish: Anglicized (part
translated) form of Gaelic Ó Gríobhtha ‘descendant of
Gríobhtha’, a personal name from gríobh ‘gryphon’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Griffin
Name Distribution of Griffin Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Griffin families
 1,066 - 2,129  356 - 1,065 |
 1 - 355  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Griffin families
|
115 - 228 39 - 114 |
1 - 38 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Griffin Family Origin
Griffin Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Griffin Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Griffin Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Griffin census records
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Military Service by Griffin
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