How common is the surname Grego?

1,126 people in the United States had the surname Grego in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,197 Americans. It ranked 22,749th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Grego?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Grego identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Grego getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,238 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,126 in 2010, down 9.0%.

The surname Grego

A surname, carried by 1,126 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grego is more common than 86% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,126 people named Grego in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,197 Americans. That is down 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,238.

#22,749

rank among US surnames

1,126

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-9%

change since 2000 (was #20,041)

Who is named Grego

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

89% of people named Grego identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Two or more races 0.8%

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 Grego

Grego has the Soundex code G620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G620.

Questions

How common is the surname Grego?: 1,126 people in the United States had the surname Grego in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,197 Americans. It ranked 22,749th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grego?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Grego identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Grego getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,238 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,126 in 2010, down 9.0%.