How common is the surname Grell?

1,898 people in the United States had the surname Grell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,669 Americans. It ranked 15,434th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Grell getting more or less common?

More common. 1,643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,898 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Grell

A surname, carried by 1,898 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grell is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,898 people named Grell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,669 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,643.

#15,434

rank among US surnames

1,898

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+15.5%

change since 2000 (was #16,176)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,429	Krout	1,899	162,583
#15,434	Mantilla	1,898	162,669
#15,442	Mealey	1,897	162,755

Who is named Grell

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

89% of people named Grell identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 1.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grell

Grell has the Soundex code G640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G640.

Questions

How common is the surname Grell?: 1,898 people in the United States had the surname Grell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,669 Americans. It ranked 15,434th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grell?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Grell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Grell getting more or less common?: More common. 1,643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,898 in 2010, up 16%.