How common is the surname Grigg?

4,757 people in the United States had the surname Grigg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,903 Americans. It ranked 7,038th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Grigg?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Grigg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Grigg?

Will Grigg, association football player (born 1991), followed by Edward Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham.

Where is the surname Grigg most common?

Wikidata records people named Grigg in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Grigg getting more or less common?

More common. 4,659 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,757 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Grigg

A surname, carried by 4,757 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). Grigg is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,757 people named Grigg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,903 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,659.

#7,038

rank among US surnames

4,757

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,684)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,030	Stotts	4,760	64,863
#7,031	Castorena	4,759	64,876
#7,035	Campuzano	4,758	64,890
#7,038	Truesdale	4,757	64,903
#7,042	Kissel	4,756	64,917
#7,044	Gandara	4,754	64,944
#7,046	Aubrey	4,753	64,958

Who is named Grigg

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

92% of people named Grigg identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Griggs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Will Grigg
Association football player (born 1991)
Edward Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham
British colonial administrator and politician (1879-1955)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grigg

Grigg 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 Grigg?: 4,757 people in the United States had the surname Grigg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,903 Americans. It ranked 7,038th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grigg?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Grigg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Grigg?: Will Grigg, association football player (born 1991), followed by Edward Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham.
Where is the surname Grigg most common?: Wikidata records people named Grigg in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Grigg getting more or less common?: More common. 4,659 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,757 in 2010, up 2.1%.