The GRIER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	13,098	2529	0.005	49
United States (1880 census)	2,829	2162	0.006	57
Change since 1880	+10269	-367	-0.001	-8
Other Countries
Australia	79	17420	0	5
United Kingdom	818	6166	0.002	18

Top States for GRIER by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Georgia	2,365	485	0.029	289
North Carolina	1,376	974	0.017	171
Florida	835	2761	0.005	52
Pennsylvania	705	2406	0.006	57
South Carolina	639	1175	0.016	159
Top States for GRIER by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Georgia	2,365	485	0.029	289
Delaware	201	736	0.026	257
North Carolina	1,376	974	0.017	171
South Carolina	639	1175	0.016	159
Alabama	474	1663	0.011	107

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

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

Classification and Origin of GRIER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GRIER 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 GRIER 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 GRIER in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	223	1.7
White (Hispanic)	151	1.15
Asian/Pacific	45	0.34
Native American/Alaskan	30	0.23
Black/African American	7,343	56.06
White (Caucasian)	5,309	40.53

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

Similar names to GRIER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GRIER.

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.