How common is the surname Gragg?

5,675 people in the United States had the surname Gragg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,405 Americans. It ranked 6,047th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gragg getting more or less common?

More common. 5,436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,675 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Gragg

A surname, carried by 5,675 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gragg is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,675 people named Gragg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,405 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,436.

#6,047

rank among US surnames

5,675

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,827)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,038	Benz	5,691	54,252
#6,039	Brummett	5,690	54,261
#6,040	McCrory	5,689	54,271
#6,041	Carmody	5,688	54,280
#6,043	Svoboda	5,686	54,299
#6,044	Bustillos	5,684	54,318
#6,045	Bivins	5,681	54,347

Who is named Gragg

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

86% of people named Gragg identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
Two or more races 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gragg

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

Questions

How common is the surname Gragg?: 5,675 people in the United States had the surname Gragg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,405 Americans. It ranked 6,047th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gragg?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Gragg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gragg getting more or less common?: More common. 5,436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,675 in 2010, up 4.4%.