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    The surname Grimes

    A surname, carried by 50,245 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ɡɹaɪmz/ 1 syllable Soundex G652

    Grimes: #686 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Grimes #686, 50,245 people Grimes: #686 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Grimes #686, 50,245 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grimes is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    An English surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 50,245 people named Grimes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,145 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 49,245.

    #686
    rank among US surnames
    50,245
    people in 2010
    17
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #626)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #677Garrison50,6866,091
    #678Arroyo50,6146,100
    #679Bond50,6106,100
    #680Kane50,5846,104
    #681Hancock50,5586,107
    #682Callahan50,5246,111
    #683Dillon50,4656,118

    Who is named Grimes

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

    75% of people named Grimes identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Grimess

    16 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Luke Grimes
      American actor, born 1984
    • Scott Grimes
      Actor, voice actor, singer-songwriter, born 1971
    • Tammy Grimes
      American actress and singer (1934-2016)
    • Katie Grimes
      American swimmer, born 2006
    • Camryn Grimes
      American actress, born 1990
    • Charles Grimes
      American rower (1935-2007)
    • Henry Grimes
      American musician (1935–2020)
    • Martha Grimes
      American crime writer and literature professor, born 1931
    • Karolyn Grimes
      American actress, born 1940
    • Quentin Grimes
      American basketball player (born 2000)
    • Tiny Grimes
      American jazz and R&B guitarist (1916–1989)
    • Burleigh Grimes
      American baseball player and manager (1893–1985)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Crymes

    Surnames that sound like Grimes

    Grimes has the Soundex code G652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G652.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Grimes?
    50,245 people in the United States had the surname Grimes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,145 Americans. It ranked 686th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Grimes?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Grimes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Grimes?
    Luke Grimes, American actor, followed by Scott Grimes.
    Where is the surname Grimes most common?
    Wikidata records people named Grimes in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Grimes?
    Grimes is /ɡɹaɪmz/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Grimes getting more or less common?
    More common. 49,245 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 50,245 in 2010, up 2.0%.
    What are other spellings of Grimes?
    Crymes.