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    The surname Granier

    A French surname, carried by 1,288 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G656

    Granier: #20,574 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Granier #20,574, 1,288 people Granier: #20,574 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Granier #20,574, 1,288 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Granier is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from French.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,288 people named Granier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 239,709 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 973.

    #20,574
    rank among US surnames
    1,288
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +32.4%
    change since 2000 (was #24,162)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,565Elmi1,289239,523
    #20,574Follmer1,288239,709

    Who is named Granier

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

    92% of people named Granier identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Granier

    Granier has the Soundex code G656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G656.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Granier come from?
    Granier is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Granier?
    1,288 people in the United States had the surname Granier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,709 Americans. It ranked 20,574th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Granier?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Granier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Granier getting more or less common?
    More common. 973 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,288 in 2010, up 32%.