How common is the surname Grice?

8,914 people in the United States had the surname Grice in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,636 Americans. It ranked 3,984th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Grice?

Lara Grice, American actress, followed by GZA.

Where is the surname Grice most common?

Wikidata records people named Grice in the United States.

Is the surname Grice getting more or less common?

More common. 8,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,914 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Grice

A surname, carried by 8,914 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grice is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,914 people named Grice in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,636 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,483.

#3,984

rank among US surnames

8,914

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,846)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,975	Keeling	8,938	34,543
#3,976	Teal	8,937	34,547
#3,977	Hamblin	8,936	34,551
#3,978	Greiner	8,935	34,555
#3,979	To	8,934	34,558
#3,981	Yun	8,933	34,562
#3,982	Aiello	8,927	34,586

Who is named Grice

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

65% of people named Grice identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 65%
Black (not Hispanic) 30%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Grices

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lara Grice
American actress, born 1971
GZA
American rapper (born 1966)
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and, 1925–1983

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grice

Grice has the Soundex code G620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G620.

Questions

How common is the surname Grice?: 8,914 people in the United States had the surname Grice in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,636 Americans. It ranked 3,984th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grice?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Grice identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Grice?: Lara Grice, American actress, followed by GZA.
Where is the surname Grice most common?: Wikidata records people named Grice in the United States.
Is the surname Grice getting more or less common?: More common. 8,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,914 in 2010, up 5.1%.