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    The surname Grantham

    An English place surname, carried by 10,379 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɡɹanθəm/ 2 syllables Soundex G653

    Grantham: #3,440 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Grantham #3,440, 10,379 people Grantham: #3,440 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Grantham #3,440, 10,379 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grantham is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Grantham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,379 people named Grantham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,747 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,139.

    #3,440
    rank among US surnames
    10,379
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #3,238)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,436Severson10,39129,713
    #3,437Comstock10,39029,716
    #3,439Hubert10,38029,744
    #3,440Grantham10,37929,747

    Who is named Grantham

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

    87% of people named Grantham identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Granthams

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Donte Grantham
      American basketball player (born 1995)
    • Alexander Grantham
      British colonial administrator (1899-1978)
    • Jeremy Grantham
      British businessman, born 1938

    Notable Granthams come mostly from the United States (1), British Hong Kong (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Grantham

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Grantham come from?
    From either the Old English personal name Granta or grand (“gravel”) + hām (“homestead”).
    How common is the surname Grantham?
    10,379 people in the United States had the surname Grantham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,747 Americans. It ranked 3,440th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Grantham?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Grantham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Grantham?
    Donte Grantham, American basketball player (born 1995), followed by Alexander Grantham.
    Where is the surname Grantham most common?
    Wikidata records people named Grantham in the United States, British Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.
    How do you pronounce Grantham?
    Grantham is /ˈɡɹanθəm/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Grantham?
    Grantham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Grantham getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,139 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,379 in 2010, up 2.4%.