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    The surname Grimmer

    A surname, carried by 1,975 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G656

    Grimmer: #14,970 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Grimmer #14,970, 1,975 people Grimmer: #14,970 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Grimmer #14,970, 1,975 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grimmer is more common than 90.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,975 people named Grimmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,327 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,828.

    #14,970
    rank among US surnames
    1,975
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8%
    change since 2000 (was #14,862)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,965Smathers1,976156,248
    #14,970Hagopian1,975156,327
    #14,976Charland1,974156,406
    #14,979Traore1,973156,485

    Who is named Grimmer

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

    94% of people named Grimmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Grimmer

    Grimmer has the Soundex code G656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G656.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Grimmer?
    1,975 people in the United States had the surname Grimmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,327 Americans. It ranked 14,970th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Grimmer?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Grimmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Grimmer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,828 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,975 in 2010, up 8.0%.