What We Know About the Greff Surname

Here is what public records tell us about the Greff last name. According to the 2010 US Census, the Greff surname had 516 bearers. Between 1891 and 2000, 1,406 babies born in France were registered as Greff, with the most births in 1941–1950. No reliable dictionary entry explains Greff, so any origin we give a client is traced from their own ancestors.

Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Graff.

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Greff, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms. Want more than a summary? See the Greff family name pack.