How common is the surname Grose?

5,285 people in the United States had the surname Grose in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,419 Americans. It ranked 6,427th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Grose getting more or less common?

More common. 5,169 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,285 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Grose

A surname, carried by 5,285 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grose is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,285 people named Grose in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,419 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,169.

#6,427

rank among US surnames

5,285

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,113)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,418	Reber	5,295	58,309
#6,420	Peres	5,294	58,320
#6,421	Gillett	5,293	58,331
#6,422	Gadson	5,291	58,353
#6,423	Lampe	5,290	58,364
#6,424	Koski	5,288	58,386
#6,425	Rager	5,287	58,397

Who is named Grose

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

88% of people named Grose identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grose

Grose 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 Grose?: 5,285 people in the United States had the surname Grose in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,419 Americans. It ranked 6,427th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grose?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Grose identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Grose getting more or less common?: More common. 5,169 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,285 in 2010, up 2.2%.