How common is the surname Gran?

1,900 people in the United States had the surname Gran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,498 Americans. It ranked 15,418th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gran?

In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Gran identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Gran?

Daniel Gran, Austrian painter (1694-1757), followed by Albert Gran.

Where is the surname Gran most common?

Wikidata records people named Gran in the United States.

Is the surname Gran getting more or less common?

More common. 1,867 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,900 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Gran

A Norwegian surname, carried by 1,900 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). Gran is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

Norwegian origin

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

One of 31 Norwegian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,900 people named Gran in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,498 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,867.

#15,418

rank among US surnames

1,900

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #14,615)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,409	McQueary	1,901	162,412
#15,418	McSherry	1,900	162,498

Who is named Gran

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

80% of people named Gran identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Grans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Grann

Surnames that sound like Gran

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

Other Norwegian surnames

All 31 Norwegian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gran come from?: Borrowed from Norwegian and Swedish Gran. Also borrowed from Tagalog Gran.
How common is the surname Gran?: 1,900 people in the United States had the surname Gran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,498 Americans. It ranked 15,418th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gran?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Gran identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Gran?: Daniel Gran, Austrian painter (1694-1757), followed by Albert Gran.
Where is the surname Gran most common?: Wikidata records people named Gran in the United States.
Is the surname Gran getting more or less common?: More common. 1,867 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,900 in 2010, up 1.8%.
What are other spellings of Gran?: Grann.