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    The surname Grillo

    A surname, carried by 6,355 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G640

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grillo is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    From Italian Grillo, from the Italianization of the Sicilian surname Agriḍḍu, a surname derived from agriḍḍu (“cricket”). Doublet of Agrillo.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,355 people named Grillo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,583 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,221.

    #5,472
    rank among US surnames
    6,355
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,169)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,463Perrone6,36848,484
    #5,464Albarran6,36648,499
    #5,465Kempf6,36448,514
    #5,466Wingfield6,36248,530
    #5,468Gault6,36048,545
    #5,469Izaguirre6,35848,560
    #5,470Larkins6,35748,568

    Who is named Grillo

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

    85% of people named Grillo identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Grillos

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Frank Grillo
      American actor, born 1963
    • Ernesto Grillo
      Argentine footballer and manager (1929-1998)
    • Fausto Grillo
      Brazilian association football player, born 1993

    Notable Grillos come mostly from Argentina (2) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Grillo

    Grillo has the Soundex code G640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G640.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Grillo come from?
    From Italian Grillo, from the Italianization of the Sicilian surname Agriḍḍu, a surname derived from agriḍḍu (“cricket”). Doublet of Agrillo.
    How common is the surname Grillo?
    6,355 people in the United States had the surname Grillo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,583 Americans. It ranked 5,472nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Grillo?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Grillo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Grillo?
    Frank Grillo, American actor, followed by Ernesto Grillo.
    Where is the surname Grillo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Grillo in Argentina and the United States.
    Is the surname Grillo getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,355 in 2010, up 2.2%.