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The surname Grattan

A surname, carried by 1,090 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G635

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grattan is more common than 85.6% of them.

Origin

Variant of Gratton.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,090 people named Grattan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,016.

#23,354
rank among US surnames
1,090
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+7.3%
change since 2000 (was #23,350)

Who is named Grattan

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

92% of people named Grattan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grattan

Grattan has the Soundex code G635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G635.

Questions

Where does the surname Grattan come from?
Variant of Gratton.
How common is the surname Grattan?
1,090 people in the United States had the surname Grattan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. It ranked 23,354th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grattan?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Grattan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Grattan getting more or less common?
More common. 1,016 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,090 in 2010, up 7.3%.