How common is the surname Granger?

17,539 people in the United States had the surname Granger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,603 Americans. It ranked 2,055th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Granger?

Clive Granger, British economist, followed by Farley Granger.

Where is the surname Granger most common?

Wikidata records people named Granger in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Granger?

Granger is /ˈɡɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Granger getting more or less common?

More common. 16,721 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,539 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Granger

An occupational surname, carried by 17,539 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Soundex G652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Granger is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

From granger, from grange.

Granger is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,539 people named Granger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,603 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,721.

#2,055

rank among US surnames

17,539

people in 2010

6.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,986)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,046	O'Malley	17,588	17,554
#2,047	Albrecht	17,581	17,561
#2,048	Mallory	17,578	17,564
#2,049	Cavanaugh	17,577	17,565
#2,050	Jaimes	17,573	17,569
#2,051	Culver	17,566	17,576
#2,052	Hope	17,562	17,580

Who is named Granger

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

78% of people named Granger identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Grangers

13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Clive Granger
British economist, 1934–2009
Farley Granger
American actor (1925–2011)
Stewart Granger
British actor (1913–1993)
Danny Granger
American basketball player (born 1983)
Kay Granger
American politician (1943–2026)
David Granger
Bobsledder, 1903–2002
Dorothy Granger
American actress (1912–1995)
Walter Granger
American paleontologist (1872-1941)
Kimmy Granger
American pornographic actress, born 1995
Francis Granger
American politician (1792-1868)
Gideon Granger
American Postmaster General (1767-1822)
Ann Granger
British author (1939–2025)

Notable Grangers come mostly from the United States (10) and the United Kingdom (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Grainger

Surnames that sound like Granger

Granger has the Soundex code G652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G652.

Questions

Where does the surname Granger come from?: From granger, from grange.
How common is the surname Granger?: 17,539 people in the United States had the surname Granger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,603 Americans. It ranked 2,055th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Granger?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Granger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Granger?: Clive Granger, British economist, followed by Farley Granger.
Where is the surname Granger most common?: Wikidata records people named Granger in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Granger?: Granger is /ˈɡɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Granger?: Granger is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Granger getting more or less common?: More common. 16,721 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,539 in 2010, up 4.9%.
What are other spellings of Granger?: Grainger.