# Grossman (surname)

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

A surname from German of German and Jewish Ashkenazi origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,484 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,067 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,659 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.8% (17,811 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Grossmann |

## Etymology

From German Grossmann, from groß (“great, large, tall”) + Mann (“man; male adult”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Grossman 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Grossman in the United States.

## People named Grossman

- Leslie Grossman, American actress
- Naomi Grossman, American actress, writer, and producer
- Lev Grossman, American novelist, journalist
- Albert Grossman, American music manager (1926–1986)
- Edith Grossman, American translator (1936–2023)
- Dave Grossman, American video game programmer and designer
- Austin Grossman, American writer and game designer
- Steve Grossman, American saxophonist (1951–2020)
- Natalia Grossman, American sport climber
- David Grossman, American film and television director
- Stefan Grossman, American musician; acoustic fingerstyle guitarist and singer, music producer and educator
- Gene Grossman, American economist

and 6 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Grossmann, Grissom, Grogan, Garrison, Grayson, Gresham, Graziano, Grisham, Garzon, Gerken, Greeson, Gargano.

## 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.