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    The surname Gras

    A French nickname surname, carried by 650 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G620

    Gras: #34,758 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gras #34,758, 650 people Gras: #34,758 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Gras #34,758, 650 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gras is more common than 78.6% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Several etymologies: * Borrowed from French Gras, a nickname for a stout person, from gras (“fat”) * Borrowed from Catalan Gras, from gras (“fat, stout”) * Borrowed from German Gras, variant of the surname Grass

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

    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 650 people named Gras in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 474,993 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 630.

    #34,758
    rank among US surnames
    650
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #34,071)

    Who is named Gras

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

    80% of people named Gras identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Gras

    Gras has the Soundex code G620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G620.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gras come from?
    Several etymologies: * Borrowed from French Gras, a nickname for a stout person, from gras (“fat”) * Borrowed from Catalan Gras, from gras (“fat, stout”) * Borrowed from German Gras, variant of the surname Grass
    How common is the surname Gras?
    650 people in the United States had the surname Gras in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 474,993 Americans. It ranked 34,758th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gras?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Gras identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Gras?
    Gras is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Gras getting more or less common?
    More common. 630 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 650 in 2010, up 3.2%.