How common is the surname Grahn?

1,140 people in the United States had the surname Grahn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 270,829 Americans. It ranked 22,543rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Grahn?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Grahn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Grahn?

Nancy Lee Grahn, American actress.

Where is the surname Grahn most common?

Wikidata records people named Grahn in the United States.

Is the surname Grahn getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,257 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,140 in 2010, down 9.3%.

The surname Grahn

A surname, carried by 1,140 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grahn is more common than 86.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,140 people named Grahn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 270,829 Americans. That is down 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,257.

#22,543

rank among US surnames

1,140

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-9.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,806)

Who is named Grahn

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

94% of people named Grahn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%

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 Grahns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nancy Lee Grahn
American actress, born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grahn

Grahn has the Soundex code G650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G650.

Questions

How common is the surname Grahn?: 1,140 people in the United States had the surname Grahn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 270,829 Americans. It ranked 22,543rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grahn?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Grahn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Grahn?: Nancy Lee Grahn, American actress.
Where is the surname Grahn most common?: Wikidata records people named Grahn in the United States.
Is the surname Grahn getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,257 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,140 in 2010, down 9.3%.