How common is the surname Grace?

28,098 people in the United States had the surname Grace in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,988 Americans. It ranked 1,248th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Grace?

Maggie Grace, American actress, followed by Topher Grace.

Where is the surname Grace most common?

Wikidata records people named Grace in the United States.

How do you pronounce Grace?

Grace is /ɡɹeɪs/, one syllable.

Is the surname Grace getting more or less common?

More common. 26,727 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,098 in 2010, up 5.1%.

Is Grace also a first name?

Yes. Grace is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Grace

A surname, carried by 28,098 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɡɹeɪs/ 1 syllable Soundex G620 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grace is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

From the noun grace, first used by Puritans in the 16th century. In Roman Catholic use it may refer to Our Lady of Graces, cognate with Italian Grazia.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 28,098 people named Grace in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,988 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,727.

#1,248

rank among US surnames

28,098

people in 2010

9.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,200)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,239	Knowles	28,460	10,848
#1,240	Ma	28,452	10,851
#1,241	Madison	28,411	10,867
#1,242	Childs	28,359	10,887
#1,243	Belcher	28,321	10,902
#1,244	Wills	28,219	10,941
#1,245	Womack	28,201	10,948

Who is named Grace

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

71% of people named Grace identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Graces

14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Maggie Grace
American actress, born 1983
Topher Grace
American actor, born 1978
Laura Jane Grace
American musician, born 1980
Leslie Grace
American singer, born 1995
Nancy Grace
American legal commentator, television host, television journalist, and former prosecutor, born 1959
Carol Grace
American actress (1924-2003)
April Grace
American actress, born 1962
Virginia Grace
American archaeologist, 1901–1994
Kate Grace
American middle-distance runner, born 1988
Ricky Grace
American-Australian basketball player, born 1966
Bud Grace
American cartoonist, born 1944
Jamie Grace
American musician, born 1991

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grace

Grace has the Soundex code G620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G620.

Questions

Where does the surname Grace come from?: From the noun grace, first used by Puritans in the 16th century. In Roman Catholic use it may refer to Our Lady of Graces, cognate with Italian Grazia.
How common is the surname Grace?: 28,098 people in the United States had the surname Grace in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,988 Americans. It ranked 1,248th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grace?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Grace identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Grace?: Maggie Grace, American actress, followed by Topher Grace.
Where is the surname Grace most common?: Wikidata records people named Grace in the United States.
How do you pronounce Grace?: Grace is /ɡɹeɪs/, one syllable.
Is the surname Grace getting more or less common?: More common. 26,727 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,098 in 2010, up 5.1%.
Is Grace also a first name?: Yes. Grace is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.