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    The surname Griego

    A surname, carried by 8,456 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G620

    Griego: #4,192 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Griego #4,192, 8,456 people Griego: #4,192 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Griego #4,192, 8,456 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Griego is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,456 people named Griego in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,512 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,883.

    #4,192
    rank among US surnames
    8,456
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #4,164)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,184Cartagena8,46736,465
    #4,185Coons8,46636,469
    #4,186Pagano8,46536,473
    #4,187Riddick8,46436,477
    #4,188Gillen8,46236,486
    #4,189Kersey8,45936,499
    #4,190Gorham8,45836,503

    Who is named Griego

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

    84% of people named Griego identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 15% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 84%
    • White (not Hispanic) 15%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Griego

    Griego 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 Griego?
    8,456 people in the United States had the surname Griego in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,512 Americans. It ranked 4,192nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Griego?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Griego identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Griego getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,456 in 2010, up 7.3%.