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    The surname Gratton

    An English place surname, carried by 2,231 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G635

    Gratton: #13,588 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gratton #13,588, 2,231 people Gratton: #13,588 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gratton #13,588, 2,231 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gratton is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English grēat (“great”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

    Gratton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,231 people named Gratton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,389 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,108.

    #13,588
    rank among US surnames
    2,231
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #13,277)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,583Reiman2,232138,327
    #13,588Pier2,231138,389
    #13,593Maser2,230138,451
    #13,597Ealey2,229138,513

    Who is named Gratton

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

    87% of people named Gratton identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    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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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Gratton

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gratton come from?
    From Old English grēat (“great”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
    How common is the surname Gratton?
    2,231 people in the United States had the surname Gratton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,389 Americans. It ranked 13,588th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gratton?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Gratton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Gratton?
    Gratton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Gratton getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,108 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,231 in 2010, up 5.8%.
    What are other spellings of Gratton?
    Grattan.