# Grimké (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/grimke/  
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) | fewer than 100 |
| US rank (2010) | not ranked |
| How often | not recorded |
| Change since 2000 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Grimké in the United States.

## People named Grimké

- Sarah Grimké, American abolitionist (1792–1873)
- Angelina Grimké, American abolitionist and feminist
- Charlotte Forten Grimké, American writer and activist (1837-1914)
- Angelina Weld Grimké, American poet, playwright, and journalist (1880–1958)

## Similar surnames

Grimes, Grimsley, Grimshaw, Granger, Grooms, Garnica, Gehring, Grainger, Gurung, Grams, Greenspan, Goehring.

## 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.