How common is the surname Grebe?

1,267 people in the United States had the surname Grebe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,682 Americans. It ranked 20,829th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Grebe?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Grebe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Grebe?

William Grebe, American fencer (1869–1960).

Where is the surname Grebe most common?

Wikidata records people named Grebe in the United States.

Is the surname Grebe getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,267 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Grebe

A surname, carried by 1,267 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grebe is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,267 people named Grebe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,682 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,273.

#20,829

rank among US surnames

1,267

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #19,599)

Who is named Grebe

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

97% of people named Grebe identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Grebes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Grebe
American fencer (1869–1960)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grebe

Grebe has the Soundex code G610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G610.

Questions

How common is the surname Grebe?: 1,267 people in the United States had the surname Grebe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,682 Americans. It ranked 20,829th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grebe?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Grebe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Grebe?: William Grebe, American fencer (1869–1960).
Where is the surname Grebe most common?: Wikidata records people named Grebe in the United States.
Is the surname Grebe getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,267 in 2010, down 0.5%.