How common is the surname Gracie?

888 people in the United States had the surname Gracie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 347,686 Americans. It ranked 27,228th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gracie?

Royce Gracie, Brazilian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, followed by Hélio Gracie.

Where is the surname Gracie most common?

Wikidata records people named Gracie in Brazil and the United States.

How do you pronounce Gracie?

Gracie is /ˈɡɹeɪsi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Gracie getting more or less common?

More common. 872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 888 in 2010, up 1.8%.

Is Gracie also a first name?

Yes. Gracie 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 Gracie

A surname, carried by 888 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡɹeɪsi/ 2 syllables 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). Gracie is more common than 83.2% of them.

Origin

From Grace + -ie.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 888 people named Gracie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 347,686 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 872.

#27,228

rank among US surnames

888

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #26,332)

Who is named Gracie

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

83% of people named Gracie identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
Two or more races 1.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gracies

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Royce Gracie
Brazilian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, born 1966
Hélio Gracie
Brazilian practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, 1913–2009
Rickson Gracie
Brazilian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, born 1958
Carlos Gracie
Brazilian Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, 1902–1994
Roger Gracie
Brazilian martial artist, born 1981
Royler Gracie
Brazilian martial artist, born 1965
Kyra Gracie
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and grappling practitioner, born 1985
Ryan Gracie
Brazilian martial artist (1974-2007)
Eve Torres
American professional wrestler and Jiu-Jitsu trainer, born 1984

Notable Gracies come mostly from Brazil (8) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Gracy

Surnames that sound like Gracie

Gracie 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 Gracie come from?: From Grace + -ie.
How common is the surname Gracie?: 888 people in the United States had the surname Gracie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 347,686 Americans. It ranked 27,228th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gracie?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Gracie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gracie?: Royce Gracie, Brazilian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, followed by Hélio Gracie.
Where is the surname Gracie most common?: Wikidata records people named Gracie in Brazil and the United States.
How do you pronounce Gracie?: Gracie is /ˈɡɹeɪsi/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Gracie getting more or less common?: More common. 872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 888 in 2010, up 1.8%.
What are other spellings of Gracie?: Gracy.
Is Gracie also a first name?: Yes. Gracie 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.