How common is the surname Gribble?

3,819 people in the United States had the surname Gribble in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,845 Americans. It ranked 8,611th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gribble?

Matt Gribble, American swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion, former world record-holder.

Where is the surname Gribble most common?

Wikidata records people named Gribble in the United States.

How do you pronounce Gribble?

Gribble is /ˈɡɹɪbəl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Gribble getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,895 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,819 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname Gribble

A surname, carried by 3,819 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡɹɪbəl/ 2 syllables Soundex G614

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gribble is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,819 people named Gribble in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,845 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,895.

#8,611

rank among US surnames

3,819

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #7,886)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,608	Lacour	3,822	80,781
#8,609	Borowski	3,821	80,802
#8,610	Felt	3,820	80,823
#8,611	Heng	3,819	80,845

Who is named Gribble

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

93% of people named Gribble identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gribbles

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Matt Gribble
American swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion, former world record-holder, 1962–2004

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gribble

Gribble has the Soundex code G614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G614.

Questions

How common is the surname Gribble?: 3,819 people in the United States had the surname Gribble in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,845 Americans. It ranked 8,611th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gribble?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gribble identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gribble?: Matt Gribble, American swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion, former world record-holder.
Where is the surname Gribble most common?: Wikidata records people named Gribble in the United States.
How do you pronounce Gribble?: Gribble is /ˈɡɹɪbəl/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Gribble getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,895 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,819 in 2010, down 2.0%.