How common is the surname Grosz?

1,573 people in the United States had the surname Grosz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,278 Americans. It ranked 17,798th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Grosz?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Grosz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Grosz?

Elizabeth Grosz, Australian philosopher, feminist theorist, and academic, followed by Wilhelm Grosz.

Where is the surname Grosz most common?

Wikidata records people named Grosz in the United States, Australia and Austria.

Is the surname Grosz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,597 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,573 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Grosz

A surname, carried by 1,573 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). Grosz is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,573 people named Grosz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 196,278 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,597.

#17,798

rank among US surnames

1,573

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #16,554)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,789	Lafortune	1,574	196,153
#17,798	Baas	1,573	196,278

Who is named Grosz

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

96% of people named Grosz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Groszs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elizabeth Grosz
Australian philosopher, feminist theorist, and academic, born 1952
Wilhelm Grosz
Austrian composer, pianist and conductor (1894–1939)
Barbara J. Grosz
American computer scientist, born 1948
Peter Grosz
American actor, born 1974

Notable Groszs come mostly from the United States (2), Australia (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grosz

Grosz 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 Grosz?: 1,573 people in the United States had the surname Grosz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,278 Americans. It ranked 17,798th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grosz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Grosz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Grosz?: Elizabeth Grosz, Australian philosopher, feminist theorist, and academic, followed by Wilhelm Grosz.
Where is the surname Grosz most common?: Wikidata records people named Grosz in the United States, Australia and Austria.
Is the surname Grosz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,597 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,573 in 2010, down 1.5%.