# Gries (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gries/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,063 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,474 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 149,659 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.6% (1,936 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gries in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gries in the United States.

## People named Gries

- Jon Gries, American actor, writer, director
- Tom Gries, American director (1922-1977)

## Similar surnames

Grice, Garris, Grose, Gress, Gros, Goris, Gracie, Griess, Gras, Griggs, Griego, Grieco.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.