Griess

See also: Grieß

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Griess, a variant of Gries.

Proper noun

Griess (plural Griesses)

A surname from German.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Griess is the 22618^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1135 individuals. Griess is most common among White (95.07%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Griess”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 84.

German

Noun

Griess m (strong, genitive Griesses, plural Griesse)

Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Grieß.

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