How common is the surname Grandstaff?

1,908 people in the United States had the surname Grandstaff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,816 Americans. It ranked 15,370th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Grandstaff?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Grandstaff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Grandstaff?

Kathryn Crosby, American actress (1933–2024).

Where is the surname Grandstaff most common?

Wikidata records people named Grandstaff in the United States.

Is the surname Grandstaff getting more or less common?

More common. 1,899 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,908 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Grandstaff

A surname, carried by 1,908 people in the United States.

2 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). Grandstaff is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,908 people named Grandstaff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,816 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,899.

#15,370

rank among US surnames

1,908

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #14,422)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,363	Delany	1,909	161,732
#15,370	Calo	1,908	161,816

Who is named Grandstaff

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

93% of people named Grandstaff identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Grandstaffs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kathryn Crosby
American actress (1933–2024)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grandstaff

Grandstaff 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 Grandstaff?: 1,908 people in the United States had the surname Grandstaff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,816 Americans. It ranked 15,370th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grandstaff?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Grandstaff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Grandstaff?: Kathryn Crosby, American actress (1933–2024).
Where is the surname Grandstaff most common?: Wikidata records people named Grandstaff in the United States.
Is the surname Grandstaff getting more or less common?: More common. 1,899 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,908 in 2010, up 0.5%.