# Gran (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gran/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Norwegian, Swedish, or Tagalog.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norwegian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,900 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,418 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 162,498 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (1,867 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Grann |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian and Swedish Gran. Also borrowed from Tagalog Gran.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gran in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 8.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gran in the United States.

## People named Gran

- Daniel Gran, Austrian painter (1694-1757)
- Albert Gran, American actor (1862–1932)

## Similar surnames

Green, Garren, Groen, Graney, Garon, Greaney, Gruen, Garn, Grahn, Graham, Gram, Gearin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.