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The surname Grissett

A surname, carried by 2,769 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G623

Grissett: #11,388 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Grissett #11,388, 2,769 people Grissett: #11,388 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Grissett #11,388, 2,769 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grissett is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,769 people named Grissett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,501 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,160.

#11,388
rank among US surnames
2,769
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+28.2%
change since 2000 (was #13,012)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,380Sauers2,771111,420
#11,383Mooneyham2,770111,460
#11,388Max2,769111,501
#11,393Ickes2,768111,541
#11,395Schneck2,767111,581

Who is named Grissett

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

51% of people named Grissett identified as Black (not Hispanic), 44% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

  • Black (not Hispanic) 51%
  • White (not Hispanic) 44%
  • Two or more races 2.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grissett

Grissett has the Soundex code G623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G623.

Questions

How common is the surname Grissett?
2,769 people in the United States had the surname Grissett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,501 Americans. It ranked 11,388th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grissett?
In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Grissett identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 44% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Grissett getting more or less common?
More common. 2,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,769 in 2010, up 28%.