Griess
Appearance
See also: Grieß
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Griess, a variant of Gries.
Proper noun
[edit]Griess (plural Griesses)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Griess is the 22618th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1135 individuals. Griess is most common among White (95.07%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Griess”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 84.
German
[edit]Noun
[edit]Griess m (strong, genitive Griesses, plural Griesse)
- Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Grieß.