Griess

See also: Grieß

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Griess, a variant of Gries.

Proper noun

Griess (plural Griesses)

1. 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 84.

German

Noun

Griess m (strong, genitive Griesses, plural Griesse)

1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Grieß.