# Gresham (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gresham/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,412 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,162 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 27,054 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (11,173 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡɹɛʃ(ə)m/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English græs (“grass”) + hām (“homestead”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gresham in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 61% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 33% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gresham in the United States.

## People named Gresham

- Douglas Gresham, American-British actor, biographer and film producer
- William Lindsay Gresham, American novelist, nonfiction writer (1909–1962)
- Walter Gresham, American lawyer and politician (1841-1920)

## Similar surnames

Grisham, Garrison, Grossman, Grayson, Grissom, Grogan, Graziano, Garzon, Gerken, Greeson, Gargano, Gerson.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.