# Grantham (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/grantham/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,379 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,440 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 29,747 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.4% (10,139 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡɹanθəm/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From either the Old English personal name Granta or grand (“gravel”) + hām (“homestead”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Grantham in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Grantham in the United States, British Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.

## People named Grantham

- Donte Grantham, American basketball player (born 1995)
- Alexander Grantham, British colonial administrator (1899-1978)
- Jeremy Grantham, British businessman

## Similar surnames

Grant, Granados, Grande, Granado, Granda, Grandy, Granata, Grand, Grandstaff, Granato, Greenwood, Garnett.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.