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    The surname Grater

    A German occupational surname, carried by 548 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G636

    Grater: #40,016 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Grater #40,016, 548 people Grater: #40,016 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Grater #40,016, 548 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grater is more common than 75.3% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Two main origins: * From Old French grateor (“one who grates”), hence possibly an occupational surname for a furbisher. * Borrowed from German Gräter, an occupational surname for a worker in a granary or warehouse, from Middle High German grede (“granary, warehouse”).

    Grater is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 548 people named Grater in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 563,404 Americans. That is down 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 579.

    #40,016
    rank among US surnames
    548
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.4%
    change since 2000 (was #36,463)

    Who is named Grater

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

    97% of people named Grater identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Grater

    Grater has the Soundex code G636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G636.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Grater come from?
    Two main origins: * From Old French grateor (“one who grates”), hence possibly an occupational surname for a furbisher. * Borrowed from German Gräter, an occupational surname for a worker in a granary or warehouse, from Middle High German grede (“granary, warehouse”).
    How common is the surname Grater?
    548 people in the United States had the surname Grater in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 563,404 Americans. It ranked 40,016th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Grater?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Grater identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Grater?
    Grater is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Grater getting more or less common?
    Less common. 579 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 548 in 2010, down 5.4%.