How common is the surname Granata?

2,588 people in the United States had the surname Granata in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,299 Americans. It ranked 12,048th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Granata?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Granata identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Granata?

Kevin Granata, American biomechanic, university teacher, and victim of the Virginia Tech massacre (1961–2.

Where is the surname Granata most common?

Wikidata records people named Granata in the United States.

Is the surname Granata getting more or less common?

More common. 1,964 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,588 in 2010, up 32%.

The surname Granata

An Italian surname, carried by 2,588 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Granata is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Granata.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,588 people named Granata in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,299 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,964.

#12,048

rank among US surnames

2,588

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+31.8%

change since 2000 (was #14,069)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,042	Oliveras	2,591	119,161
#12,043	Heckler	2,590	119,207
#12,047	Whittier	2,589	119,253
#12,048	Branscum	2,588	119,299
#12,055	Evens	2,587	119,345

Who is named Granata

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

87% of people named Granata identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.8%
Two or more races 1.2%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Granatas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kevin Granata
American biomechanic, university teacher, and victim of the Virginia Tech massacre (1961–2

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Granata

Granata has the Soundex code G653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G653.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Granata come from?: Borrowed from Italian Granata.
How common is the surname Granata?: 2,588 people in the United States had the surname Granata in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,299 Americans. It ranked 12,048th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Granata?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Granata identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Granata?: Kevin Granata, American biomechanic, university teacher, and victim of the Virginia Tech massacre (1961–2.
Where is the surname Granata most common?: Wikidata records people named Granata in the United States.
Is the surname Granata getting more or less common?: More common. 1,964 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,588 in 2010, up 32%.