# Grimwood (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/grimwood/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 529 |
| US rank (2010) | 41,164 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 583,640 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.5% (483 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Patronymic surname from a Germanic personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *grīmô (“mask”) and *wardaz (“guard”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Grimwood in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Grimwood in the United States.

## People named Grimwood

- Ken Grimwood, American writer (1944–2003)

## Similar surnames

Greenwood, Grant, Granados, Garnett, Grantham, Grande, Granado, Grundy, Grimmett, Grindstaff, Grindle, Granda.

## 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.