How common is the surname Gram?

1,988 people in the United States had the surname Gram in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,305 Americans. It ranked 14,881st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gram getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,142 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,988 in 2010, down 7.2%.

Is Gram also a first name?

Yes. Gram 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 Gram

A surname, carried by 1,988 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). Gram is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,988 people named Gram in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,305 Americans. That is down 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,142.

#14,881

rank among US surnames

1,988

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-7.2%

change since 2000 (was #13,098)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,876	Bajwa	1,990	155,149
#14,878	Townson	1,989	155,227
#14,881	Bate	1,988	155,305

Who is named Gram

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

77% of people named Gram identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gram

Gram 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 Gram?: 1,988 people in the United States had the surname Gram in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,305 Americans. It ranked 14,881st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gram?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Gram identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gram getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,142 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,988 in 2010, down 7.2%.
Is Gram also a first name?: Yes. Gram 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.