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    The surname Grissom

    A surname, carried by 11,563 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G625

    Grissom: #3,116 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Grissom #3,116, 11,563 people Grissom: #3,116 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Grissom #3,116, 11,563 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grissom is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,563 people named Grissom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,701 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,131.

    #3,116
    rank among US surnames
    11,563
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,974)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,107Simpkins11,58526,650
    #3,108Ramon11,58226,657
    #3,109Whatley11,57926,664
    #3,110Lewandowski11,57726,669
    #3,111Quinonez11,57626,671
    #3,112Cepeda11,57226,680
    #3,113Botello11,56926,687

    Who is named Grissom

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

    78% of people named Grissom identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Grissoms

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gus Grissom
      American astronaut (1926–1967)
    • Marquis Grissom
      American professional baseball player, outfielder, coach, born 1967

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Grissom

    Grissom has the Soundex code G625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G625.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Grissom?
    11,563 people in the United States had the surname Grissom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,701 Americans. It ranked 3,116th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Grissom?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Grissom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Grissom?
    Gus Grissom, American astronaut (1926–1967), followed by Marquis Grissom.
    Where is the surname Grissom most common?
    Wikidata records people named Grissom in the United States.
    Is the surname Grissom getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,131 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,563 in 2010, up 3.9%.