# Griswold (surname)

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

An English habitational surname from Middle English from gris (“grey (from French, i.e., the language of the Royal Court after 1066”) + wold (“forest, e.g. “Yorkshire Wolds”).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,417 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,427 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 29,639 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.2% (10,396 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡrɪzwɔːld/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Griswood, Griswald |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Griswold 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Similar surnames

Grijalva, Grizzle, Garcialopez, Grajales, Gargiulo, Garcilazo, Gresley.

## 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.