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    The surname Gresham

    An English place surname, carried by 11,412 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɡɹɛʃ(ə)m/ 2 syllables Soundex G625

    Gresham: #3,162 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gresham #3,162, 11,412 people Gresham: #3,162 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gresham #3,162, 11,412 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gresham is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Gresham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,412 people named Gresham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,054 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,173.

    #3,162
    rank among US surnames
    11,412
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,963)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,153Franz11,46226,936
    #3,154Keane11,45926,943
    #3,155Gooch11,45326,958
    #3,156Baumgartner11,44826,969
    #3,157Devore11,44526,976
    #3,158Hyman11,43626,998
    #3,159Wenzel11,43227,007

    Who is named Gresham

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

    61% of people named Gresham identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Greshams

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Douglas Gresham
      American-British actor, biographer and film producer, born 1945
    • William Lindsay Gresham
      American novelist, nonfiction writer (1909–1962)
    • Walter Gresham
      American lawyer and politician (1841-1920)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gresham

    Gresham has the Soundex code G625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G625.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gresham come from?
    From Old English græs (“grass”) + hām (“homestead”).
    How common is the surname Gresham?
    11,412 people in the United States had the surname Gresham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,054 Americans. It ranked 3,162nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gresham?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Gresham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gresham?
    Douglas Gresham, American-British actor, biographer and film producer, followed by William Lindsay Gresham.
    Where is the surname Gresham most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gresham in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Gresham?
    Gresham is /ˈɡɹɛʃ(ə)m/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Gresham?
    Gresham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Gresham getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,173 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,412 in 2010, up 2.1%.