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    The surname Gros

    A surname, carried by 2,947 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G620

    Gros: #10,809 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gros #10,809, 2,947 people Gros: #10,809 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gros #10,809, 2,947 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gros is more common than 93.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,947 people named Gros in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,766 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,841.

    #10,809
    rank among US surnames
    2,947
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #10,394)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,805Follett2,950104,660
    #10,806Mahaney2,949104,695
    #10,808Hoskinson2,948104,731
    #10,809Horak2,947104,766
    #10,812Romain2,946104,802

    Who is named Gros

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

    91% of people named Gros identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gross

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marie-Cécile Gros-Gaudenier
      Alpine skier, born 1960

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gros

    Gros has the Soundex code G620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gros?
    2,947 people in the United States had the surname Gros in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,766 Americans. It ranked 10,809th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gros?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Gros identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gros?
    Marie-Cécile Gros-Gaudenier, alpine skier.
    Where is the surname Gros most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gros in France.
    Is the surname Gros getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,841 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,947 in 2010, up 3.7%.