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The GRACE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 26,727 1200 0.01 99
United States (1880 census) 6,944 868 0.014 139
Change since 1880 +19783 -332 -0.004 -40
Other Countries
Australia 2,568 616 0.016 157
United Kingdom 5,421 1158 0.012 118
Top States for GRACE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 2,170 1510 0.006 64
Florida 1,982 1026 0.012 124
Texas 1,682 1470 0.008 81
New York 1,476 1222 0.008 78
Pennsylvania 1,315 1043 0.011 107
Top States for GRACE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 1,173 650 0.026 264
Vermont 157 614 0.026 258
Mississippi 674 655 0.024 237
New Hampshire 251 753 0.020 203
Massachusetts 1,128 763 0.018 178

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GRACE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GRACE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GRACE in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GRACE by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GRACE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GRACE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GRACE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GRACE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 588 2.2
White (Hispanic) 551 2.06
Asian/Pacific 385 1.44
Native American/Alaskan 144 0.54
White (Caucasian) 19,666 73.58
Black/African American 5,394 20.18

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GRACE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of GRACE in historical publications

Originally Le Gros ["the fat or large"], a name given to Raymond, one of the adherents of Strongbow, who was the ancestor of the family in Ireland.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to GRACE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GRACE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for GRACE

The following words are slight variants of GRACE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.