How common is the surname Grant?

142,277 people in the United States had the surname Grant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,170 Americans. It ranked 196th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Grant?

Cary Grant, British-American actor (1904–1986), followed by Hugh Grant.

Where is the surname Grant most common?

Wikidata records people named Grant in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Grant?

Grant is /ɡɹænt/, one syllable.

Is the surname Grant getting more or less common?

More common. 134,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 142,277 in 2010, up 6.1%.

Is Grant also a first name?

Yes. Grant is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Grant

A Norman nickname surname, carried by 142,277 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɡɹænt/ 1 syllable Soundex G653 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grant is more common than 99.9% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

From Scottish Gaelic Grannd, from Anglo-Norman graunt (“big, large”), from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grand. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on it.

Grant is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 142,277 people named Grant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,170 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 134,034.

#196

rank among US surnames

142,277

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #192)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#187	Daniels	146,570	2,106
#188	Ferguson	146,426	2,109
#189	Nichols	145,584	2,121
#190	Stephens	144,646	2,134
#191	Soto	144,451	2,137
#192	Weaver	143,837	2,146
#193	Ryan	143,452	2,152

Who is named Grant

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

55% of people named Grant identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 55%
Black (not Hispanic) 38%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Grants

72 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
Hugh Grant
British actor, born 1960
Lee Grant
American actress, born 1925
Richard E. Grant
British actor, born 1957
Amy Grant
American singer-songwriter, musician (born 1960)
Horace Grant
American basketball player (born 1965)
Jerami Grant
American basketball player (born 1994)
Beth Grant
American actress, born 1949
Brea Grant
American actress, born 1981
Madison Grant
American lawyer, eugenicist, and conservationist (1865–1937)
Robert Edmond Grant
British anatomist and zoologist (1793-1874)
Duncan Grant
British artist (1885-1978)

Notable Grants come mostly from the United States (52), the United Kingdom (10) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grant

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

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Grant come from?: From Scottish Gaelic Grannd, from Anglo-Norman graunt (“big, large”), from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grand. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on it.
How common is the surname Grant?: 142,277 people in the United States had the surname Grant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,170 Americans. It ranked 196th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grant?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Grant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Grant?: Cary Grant, British-American actor (1904–1986), followed by Hugh Grant.
Where is the surname Grant most common?: Wikidata records people named Grant in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Grant?: Grant is /ɡɹænt/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Grant?: Grant is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Grant getting more or less common?: More common. 134,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 142,277 in 2010, up 6.1%.
Is Grant also a first name?: Yes. Grant is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.