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    The surname Grandison

    A surname, carried by 1,749 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɡɹændɪsən/ 3 syllables Soundex G653

    Grandison: #16,444 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Grandison #16,444, 1,749 people Grandison: #16,444 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Grandison #16,444, 1,749 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grandison is more common than 89.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,749 people named Grandison in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,527 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,537.

    #16,444
    rank among US surnames
    1,749
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.8%
    change since 2000 (was #17,040)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,437Novello1,750176,426
    #16,444Guimond1,749176,527
    #16,450Chia1,748176,628

    Who is named Grandison

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

    84% of people named Grandison identified as Black (not Hispanic), 8.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 84%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 3.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Grandison

    Grandison 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 Grandison?
    1,749 people in the United States had the surname Grandison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,527 Americans. It ranked 16,444th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Grandison?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Grandison identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Grandison?
    Grandison is /ˈɡɹændɪsən/, 3 syllables.
    Is the surname Grandison getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,749 in 2010, up 14%.