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    The surname Grubb

    A surname, carried by 14,673 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G610

    Grubb: #2,456 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Grubb #2,456, 14,673 people Grubb: #2,456 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Grubb #2,456, 14,673 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grubb is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,673 people named Grubb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,042 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 14,740.

    #2,456
    rank among US surnames
    14,673
    people in 2010
    5.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,262)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,447Lira14,75820,921
    #2,448Schuler14,74520,939
    #2,449Unger14,73820,949
    #2,450Mojica14,73720,950
    #2,451Rudd14,73220,957
    #2,452Demarco14,73120,959
    #2,453Hummel14,71520,982

    Who is named Grubb

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

    95% of people named Grubb identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Grubbs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jeff Grubb
      American writer and game designer, born 1957

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Grubb

    Grubb has the Soundex code G610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G610.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Grubb?
    14,673 people in the United States had the surname Grubb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,042 Americans. It ranked 2,456th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Grubb?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Grubb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Grubb?
    Jeff Grubb, American writer and game designer.
    Where is the surname Grubb most common?
    Wikidata records people named Grubb in the United States.
    Is the surname Grubb getting more or less common?
    Less common. 14,740 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,673 in 2010, down 0.5%.