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    The surname Grate

    A surname, carried by 2,532 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G630

    Grate: #12,279 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Grate #12,279, 2,532 people Grate: #12,279 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Grate #12,279, 2,532 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grate is more common than 92.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,532 people named Grate in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,937 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,831.

    #12,279
    rank among US surnames
    2,532
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +38.3%
    change since 2000 (was #14,847)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,274Vinyard2,534121,841
    #12,276Altizer2,533121,889
    #12,279Sparling2,532121,937
    #12,285Dolezal2,531121,986

    Who is named Grate

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

    54% of people named Grate identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 54%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 40%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Grate

    Grate has the Soundex code G630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G630.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Grate?
    2,532 people in the United States had the surname Grate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,937 Americans. It ranked 12,279th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Grate?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Grate identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Grate getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,831 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,532 in 2010, up 38%.