How common is the surname Grass?

4,567 people in the United States had the surname Grass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,604 Americans. It ranked 7,301st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Grass?

In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Grass identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Where is the surname Grass most common?

Wikidata records people named Grass in France.

Is the surname Grass getting more or less common?

More common. 4,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,567 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Grass

A surname, carried by 4,567 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grass is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,567 people named Grass in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,604 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,468.

#7,301

rank among US surnames

4,567

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,925)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,293	Via	4,570	67,559
#7,295	Weitzel	4,569	67,574
#7,298	Halliday	4,568	67,589
#7,301	Grass	4,567	67,604
#7,303	Bobadilla	4,566	67,618
#7,305	Hardeman	4,565	67,633

Who is named Grass

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

86% of people named Grass identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
American Indian and Alaska Native 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Grasss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Vincent Grass
Belgian actor, born 1949

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Grassie

Surnames that sound like Grass

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

Questions

How common is the surname Grass?: 4,567 people in the United States had the surname Grass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,604 Americans. It ranked 7,301st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grass?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Grass identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Grass?: Vincent Grass, Belgian actor.
Where is the surname Grass most common?: Wikidata records people named Grass in France.
Is the surname Grass getting more or less common?: More common. 4,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,567 in 2010, up 2.2%.
What are other spellings of Grass?: Grassie.