How common is the surname Grainger?

3,972 people in the United States had the surname Grainger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,730 Americans. It ranked 8,337th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Grainger?

Percy Grainger, Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist (1882–1961).

Where is the surname Grainger most common?

Wikidata records people named Grainger in the United States.

Is the surname Grainger getting more or less common?

More common. 3,963 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,972 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Grainger

An occupational surname, carried by 3,972 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grainger is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Granger.

Grainger is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,972 people named Grainger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,730 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,963.

#8,337

rank among US surnames

3,972

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,730)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,332	Hollar	3,976	77,652
#8,333	Kapp	3,974	77,691
#8,335	Jardine	3,973	77,711
#8,337	Grainger	3,972	77,730
#8,339	Densmore	3,971	77,750

Who is named Grainger

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

85% of people named Grainger identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Graingers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Percy Grainger
Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist (1882–1961)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Grainger

Grainger has the Soundex code G652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G652.

Questions

How common is the surname Grainger?: 3,972 people in the United States had the surname Grainger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,730 Americans. It ranked 8,337th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grainger?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Grainger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Grainger?: Percy Grainger, Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist (1882–1961).
Where is the surname Grainger most common?: Wikidata records people named Grainger in the United States.
What type of surname is Grainger?: Grainger is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Grainger getting more or less common?: More common. 3,963 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,972 in 2010, up 0.2%.