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    The surname Gritton

    A surname, carried by 1,030 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G635

    Gritton: #24,339 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gritton #24,339, 1,030 people Gritton: #24,339 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Gritton #24,339, 1,030 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gritton is more common than 85% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,030 people named Gritton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 299,753 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 969.

    #24,339
    rank among US surnames
    1,030
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.3%
    change since 2000 (was #24,243)

    Who is named Gritton

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

    93% of people named Gritton identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gritton

    Gritton has the Soundex code G635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G635.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gritton?
    1,030 people in the United States had the surname Gritton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,753 Americans. It ranked 24,339th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gritton?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gritton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gritton getting more or less common?
    More common. 969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,030 in 2010, up 6.3%.