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    The surname Grasso

    An Italian surname, carried by 7,894 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G620

    Grasso: #4,492 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Grasso #4,492, 7,894 people Grasso: #4,492 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Grasso #4,492, 7,894 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grasso is more common than 97.2% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    A surname from Italian.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,894 people named Grasso in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,111 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,768.

    #4,492
    rank among US surnames
    7,894
    people in 2010
    2.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #4,224)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,483Jeanbaptiste7,91539,008
    #4,484Clemmons7,91439,013
    #4,485Dykstra7,91339,018
    #4,486Mancilla7,90839,042
    #4,487Thibodeau7,90439,062
    #4,489Eaves7,90239,072
    #4,491Picard7,89839,092

    Who is named Grasso

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

    94% of people named Grasso identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Grassos

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ella Grasso
      American politician; 83rd governor of Connecticut (1975-80)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Grasso

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

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Grasso come from?
    Grasso is Italian in origin.
    How common is the surname Grasso?
    7,894 people in the United States had the surname Grasso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,111 Americans. It ranked 4,492nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Grasso?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Grasso identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Grasso?
    Ella Grasso, American politician; 83rd governor of Connecticut (1975-80).
    Where is the surname Grasso most common?
    Wikidata records people named Grasso in the United States.
    Is the surname Grasso getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,768 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,894 in 2010, up 1.6%.