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    The surname Grear

    A surname, carried by 1,371 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G660

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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). Grear is more common than 87.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,371 people named Grear in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 225,197 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,218.

    #19,654
    rank among US surnames
    1,371
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.6%
    change since 2000 (was #20,311)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,646Garrigan1,372225,033
    #19,654Punch1,371225,197

    Who is named Grear

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

    61% of people named Grear identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 61%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 35%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    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 Grear

    Grear has the Soundex code G660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G660.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Grear?
    1,371 people in the United States had the surname Grear in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,197 Americans. It ranked 19,654th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Grear?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Grear identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Grear getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,218 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,371 in 2010, up 13%.