How common is the surname Grimmett?

3,903 people in the United States had the surname Grimmett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,105 Americans. It ranked 8,464th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Grimmett getting more or less common?

More common. 3,667 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,903 in 2010, up 6.4%.

The surname Grimmett

A surname, carried by 3,903 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grimmett is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,903 people named Grimmett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,105 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,667.

#8,464

rank among US surnames

3,903

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,307)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,455	Edson	3,906	79,044
#8,456	Gilreath	3,905	79,064
#8,458	Danna	3,904	79,084
#8,464	Grimmett	3,903	79,105
#8,467	Vineyard	3,901	79,145
#8,469	Patti	3,899	79,186
#8,470	Braithwaite	3,898	79,206

Who is named Grimmett

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

79% of people named Grimmett identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Grimmett?: 3,903 people in the United States had the surname Grimmett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,105 Americans. It ranked 8,464th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grimmett?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Grimmett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Grimmett getting more or less common?: More common. 3,667 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,903 in 2010, up 6.4%.