How common is the surname Grim?

7,418 people in the United States had the surname Grim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,621 Americans. It ranked 4,771st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Grim?

Bobby Grim, American racing driver, followed by Ryan Grim.

Where is the surname Grim most common?

Wikidata records people named Grim in the United States.

How do you pronounce Grim?

Grim is /ɡɹɪm/, one syllable.

Is the surname Grim getting more or less common?

More common. 7,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,418 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Grim

An English surname, carried by 7,418 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɡɹɪm/ 1 syllable Soundex G650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grim is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

Probably derived from Old English *Grīm, Old Norse Grímr (literally “masked person”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,418 people named Grim in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,621 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,233.

#4,771

rank among US surnames

7,418

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,514)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,763	Wallen	7,436	41,520
#4,764	Beale	7,431	41,548
#4,765	Lindner	7,428	41,565
#4,766	Yager	7,427	41,571
#4,767	Kuo	7,426	41,576
#4,768	McDevitt	7,425	41,582
#4,769	Carnahan	7,424	41,587

Who is named Grim

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

91% of people named Grim identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Grims

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bobby Grim
American racing driver, 1924–1995
Ryan Grim
American journalist, born 1978

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grim

Grim has the Soundex code G650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G650.

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Grim come from?: Probably derived from Old English *Grīm, Old Norse Grímr (literally “masked person”).
How common is the surname Grim?: 7,418 people in the United States had the surname Grim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,621 Americans. It ranked 4,771st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grim?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Grim identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Grim?: Bobby Grim, American racing driver, followed by Ryan Grim.
Where is the surname Grim most common?: Wikidata records people named Grim in the United States.
How do you pronounce Grim?: Grim is /ɡɹɪm/, one syllable.
Is the surname Grim getting more or less common?: More common. 7,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,418 in 2010, up 2.6%.