How common is the surname Grinder?

1,402 people in the United States had the surname Grinder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,218 Americans. It ranked 19,306th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Grinder?

John Grinder, American linguist, developer of neuro-linguistic programming.

Where is the surname Grinder most common?

Wikidata records people named Grinder in the United States.

Is the surname Grinder getting more or less common?

More common. 1,304 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,402 in 2010, up 7.5%.

The surname Grinder

A surname, carried by 1,402 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). Grinder is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,402 people named Grinder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 220,218 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,304.

#19,306

rank among US surnames

1,402

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #19,242)

Who is named Grinder

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

93% of people named Grinder identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Grinders

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Grinder
American linguist, developer of neuro-linguistic programming, born 1940

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grinder

Grinder has the Soundex code G653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G653.

Questions

How common is the surname Grinder?: 1,402 people in the United States had the surname Grinder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,218 Americans. It ranked 19,306th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grinder?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Grinder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Grinder?: John Grinder, American linguist, developer of neuro-linguistic programming.
Where is the surname Grinder most common?: Wikidata records people named Grinder in the United States.
Is the surname Grinder getting more or less common?: More common. 1,304 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,402 in 2010, up 7.5%.