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griffith Name Meaning and History

Welsh: from the Old Welsh personal name Gruffudd, Old Welsh Grip(p)iud, composed of the elements grip, of uncertain significance, + iud ‘chief’, ‘lord’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The griffith name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the griffith family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of griffith Families in the US in 1920
Number of griffith families
 740-1477
 247-739		 1-246
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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