How common is the surname Granderson?

1,455 people in the United States had the surname Granderson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,196 Americans. It ranked 18,819th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Granderson?

Curtis Granderson, American baseball player.

Where is the surname Granderson most common?

Wikidata records people named Granderson in the United States.

Is the surname Granderson getting more or less common?

More common. 1,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,455 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Granderson

A surname, carried by 1,455 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). Granderson is more common than 88.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,455 people named Granderson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 212,196 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,252.

#18,819

rank among US surnames

1,455

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+16.2%

change since 2000 (was #19,865)

Who is named Granderson

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

77% of people named Granderson identified as Black (not Hispanic), 17% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 77%
White (not Hispanic) 17%
Two or more races 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Grandersons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Curtis Granderson
American baseball player, born 1981

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Granderson

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

Questions

How common is the surname Granderson?: 1,455 people in the United States had the surname Granderson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,196 Americans. It ranked 18,819th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Granderson?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Granderson identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 17% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Granderson?: Curtis Granderson, American baseball player.
Where is the surname Granderson most common?: Wikidata records people named Granderson in the United States.
Is the surname Granderson getting more or less common?: More common. 1,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,455 in 2010, up 16%.