How common is the surname Grable?

3,231 people in the United States had the surname Grable in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,557 Americans. It ranked 9,983rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Grable?

Betty Grable, American actress and pin-up girl (1916–1973).

Where is the surname Grable most common?

Wikidata records people named Grable in the United States.

Is the surname Grable getting more or less common?

More common. 3,212 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,231 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Grable

A surname, carried by 3,231 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G614

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grable is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,231 people named Grable in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,557 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,212.

#9,983

rank among US surnames

3,231

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,317)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,976	Leitch	3,234	95,469
#9,978	Million	3,233	95,498
#9,983	Line	3,231	95,557
#9,987	Chavers	3,230	95,587
#9,989	Sonnenberg	3,229	95,616
#9,991	Leek	3,228	95,646

Who is named Grable

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

86% of people named Grable identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Grables

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Betty Grable
American actress and pin-up girl (1916–1973)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grable

Grable has the Soundex code G614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G614.

Questions

How common is the surname Grable?: 3,231 people in the United States had the surname Grable in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,557 Americans. It ranked 9,983rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grable?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Grable identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Grable?: Betty Grable, American actress and pin-up girl (1916–1973).
Where is the surname Grable most common?: Wikidata records people named Grable in the United States.
Is the surname Grable getting more or less common?: More common. 3,212 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,231 in 2010, up 0.6%.