How common is the surname Grenz?

1,050 people in the United States had the surname Grenz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,043 Americans. It ranked 24,012th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Grenz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Grenz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Grenz getting more or less common?

More common. 1,003 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,050 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Grenz

A surname, carried by 1,050 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grenz is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,050 people named Grenz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 294,043 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,003.

#24,012

rank among US surnames

1,050

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #23,582)

Who is named Grenz

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

95% of people named Grenz identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

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 Grenz

Grenz has the Soundex code G652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G652.

Questions

How common is the surname Grenz?: 1,050 people in the United States had the surname Grenz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,043 Americans. It ranked 24,012th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grenz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Grenz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Grenz getting more or less common?: More common. 1,003 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,050 in 2010, up 4.7%.