How common is the surname Grounds?

1,710 people in the United States had the surname Grounds in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,553 Americans. It ranked 16,728th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Grounds?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Grounds identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Grounds getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,725 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,710 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Grounds

A surname, carried by 1,710 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grounds is more common than 89.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,710 people named Grounds in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,553 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,725.

#16,728

rank among US surnames

1,710

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #15,563)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,720	Deeb	1,711	180,447
#16,728	Rivenbark	1,710	180,553
#16,734	Forbush	1,709	180,659

Who is named Grounds

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

89% of people named Grounds identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grounds

Grounds has the Soundex code G653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G653.

Questions

How common is the surname Grounds?: 1,710 people in the United States had the surname Grounds in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,553 Americans. It ranked 16,728th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grounds?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Grounds identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Grounds getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,725 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,710 in 2010, down 0.9%.