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    The surname Gresley

    A place surname, carried by 130 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G624

    Gresley: #130,610 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gresley #130,610, 130 people Gresley: #130,610 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Gresley #130,610, 130 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gresley is more common than 19.5% of them.

    Origin

    Habitational surname from Church Gresley or Castle Gresley, two villages in Derbyshire, from Old English greōsn (“gravel”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 130 people named Gresley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,374,966 Americans. That is down 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 141.

    #130,610
    rank among US surnames
    130
    people in 2010
    0.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7.8%
    change since 2000 (was #114,852)

    Who is named Gresley

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

    98% of people named Gresley identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gresleys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nigel Gresley
      British engineer (1876–1941)
    • Frank Gresley
      British artist (1855-1936)

    Notable Gresleys come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gresley come from?
    Habitational surname from Church Gresley or Castle Gresley, two villages in Derbyshire, from Old English greōsn (“gravel”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
    How common is the surname Gresley?
    130 people in the United States had the surname Gresley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,374,966 Americans. It ranked 130,610th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gresley?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Gresley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gresley?
    Nigel Gresley, British engineer (1876–1941), followed by Frank Gresley.
    Where is the surname Gresley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gresley in the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    What type of surname is Gresley?
    Gresley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Gresley getting more or less common?
    Less common. 141 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 130 in 2010, down 7.8%.