Grace Surname
Approximately 126,251 people bear this surname
Grace Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'le gras,' the fat, the lusty. Common to every early register. The personal name Grace came far too late to affect surnames. Nevertheless compare Gracio de Frese, Close Rolls, 1 Edward II.
Ascelin le Gras, Norfolk, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.
Read More About This SurnameGrace Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 38,059 | 1:9,524 | 1,159 |
| Chad | 27,633 | 1:492 | 52 |
| England | 7,878 | 1:7,073 | 1,027 |
| Nigeria | 7,566 | 1:23,413 | 2,059 |
| Australia | 7,232 | 1:3,733 | 537 |
| Rwanda | 5,271 | 1:2,156 | 520 |
| Sudan | 5,040 | 1:7,442 | 1,059 |
| Canada | 2,545 | 1:14,478 | 2,127 |
| Ireland | 2,529 | 1:1,862 | 364 |
| India | 2,342 | 1:327,526 | 18,117 |
| Ghana | 2,009 | 1:13,450 | 1,752 |
| Egypt | 1,891 | 1:48,618 | 4,776 |
| Kenya | 1,760 | 1:26,239 | 2,944 |
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| New Zealand | 1,525 | 1:2,969 | 453 |
| DR Congo | 1,156 | 1:63,910 | 7,552 |
| South Africa | 1,073 | 1:50,492 | 6,407 |
| Cameroon | 816 | 1:25,452 | 3,464 |
| Fiji | 566 | 1:1,580 | 217 |
| France | 561 | 1:118,401 | 17,872 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Indonesia | 399 | 1:331,452 | 28,960 |
| Philippines | 386 | 1:262,275 | 38,709 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Scotland | 353 | 1:15,167 | 1,903 |
| Uganda | 343 | 1:113,817 | 11,014 |
| Russia | 291 | 1:495,268 | 45,742 |
| Malaysia | 287 | 1:102,767 | 7,007 |
| Papua New Guinea | 266 | 1:30,653 | 3,523 |
| Wales | 245 | 1:12,631 | 1,401 |
| Jamaica | 218 | 1:13,165 | 1,317 |
| Botswana | 210 | 1:10,414 | 1,941 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Northern Ireland | 207 | 1:8,913 | 1,458 |
| Brazil | 152 | 1:1,408,384 | 47,527 |
| Zambia | 134 | 1:118,283 | 9,069 |
| Solomon Islands | 130 | 1:4,462 | 560 |
| Thailand | 113 | 1:625,118 | 105,836 |
| Israel | 107 | 1:79,978 | 9,667 |
| Taiwan | 104 | 1:225,430 | 1,910 |
| Japan | 94 | 1:1,360,046 | 23,299 |
| Barbados | 70 | 1:4,106 | 526 |
| Congo | 68 | 1:73,369 | 6,611 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Chile | 53 | 1:332,386 | 9,362 |
| Netherlands | 51 | 1:331,121 | 38,060 |
| Spain | 51 | 1:916,707 | 35,562 |
| Argentina | 50 | 1:854,868 | 55,754 |
| Germany | 50 | 1:1,610,109 | 95,088 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Liberia | 46 | 1:95,838 | 7,727 |
| Afghanistan | 43 | 1:747,748 | 8,015 |
| Mexico | 37 | 1:3,354,762 | 24,142 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 32 | 1:42,624 | 3,925 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| Malta | 30 | 1:14,342 | 837 |
| Hong Kong | 29 | 1:252,948 | 3,050 |
| Italy | 29 | 1:2,108,851 | 90,314 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| Ecuador | 27 | 1:589,105 | 11,569 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Myanmar | 25 | 1:2,077,519 | 669 |
| Namibia | 25 | 1:96,376 | 8,697 |
| Pakistan | 25 | 1:7,145,755 | 40,003 |
| China | 23 | 1:59,448,764 | 3,236 |
| Slovenia | 23 | 1:108,160 | 11,945 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Tanzania | 19 | 1:2,786,401 | 49,097 |
| Kazakhstan | 18 | 1:982,361 | 58,740 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Ivory Coast | 16 | 1:1,441,952 | 30,506 |
| Belarus | 15 | 1:633,404 | 54,314 |
| Oman | 12 | 1:307,331 | 4,704 |
| South Korea | 12 | 1:4,270,021 | 781 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Uruguay | 11 | 1:311,978 | 20,848 |
| Vietnam | 11 | 1:8,422,369 | 2,636 |
| Guyana | 10 | 1:76,222 | 5,818 |
| Senegal | 10 | 1:1,457,934 | 3,873 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| Yemen | 10 | 1:2,642,529 | 14,606 |
| Burundi | 9 | 1:1,089,428 | 846 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:22,075 | 2,767 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1,706 | 1:2,597 | 491 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,845 | 1:6,339 | 975 |
| Wales | 85 | 1:18,452 | 1,079 |
| Scotland | 80 | 1:46,790 | 3,324 |
| Guernsey | 16 | 1:2,041 | 347 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,944 | 1:7,232 | 916 |
The alternate forms: Grâce (1,833), Gracé (2) & Graçe (1) are calculated separately.
Grace (3,200,272) may also be a first name.
Grace Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'le gras,' the fat, the lusty. Common to every early register. The personal name Grace came far too late to affect surnames. Nevertheless compare Gracio de Frese, Close Rolls, 1 Edward II.
Ascelin le Gras, Norfolk, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Roger Grassus, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Roger le Gras, Wiltshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Alan le Gras, Yorkshire, ibid.
Hugh le Gras, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Richard le Gras, Berkshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
Amabel le Gras, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.
Thomas Gras fil. Johannis Pomeray, Pardons Roll, 12 Richard II.
(a) Local, 'at the grass,' from residence thereby.
William atte Grase, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
1548. Married — Roberte Dowethe and Elizabeth Grace: St. Michael, Cornhill.
1574. Baptised — Margery, d. Thomas Grace: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1744. Married — Thomas Grace and Mary Hotchkis: St. George, Hanover Square.
(Anglo-French-Latin) 1 for Gras(s, q.v.
In mediæval records Grace was Latinized Crassus and Gallicized le Gras, le Gros.
2 prob. occasionally an ironical nickname for a clumsy individual, like ‘lilywhite’ for a chimney-sweep [Old French grace, Latin gratia]
The Norman family of Grace has been prominent in Irish history since the first le Gros came to Ireland with Strongbow. Bibl; MIF 127,240*; Map Kilk
(English) The large or fat person.
Raymond Fitz-William de Carew, surnamed ' Crassus,' 'Le Gros,' and ' Le Gras,' accompanied Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke, in his celebrated expedition into Ireland in 1169, and he may be regarded "as the Achilles of the enterprise." He married Basilia de Clare, Strongbow's sister, with whom he acquired an enormous estate in Killarney, subsequently known as "the Cantred of Grace's country;" for "his cognomen Gros, given him on account of his prowess, gradually became first Gras, and then by English pronunciation Grace." Many of the English families of this name deduce their descent from Ireland. See Memoirs of the Fam. of Grace, by Shelfield Grace, Esq., F.S.A.
Originally Le Gros , a name given to Raymond, one of the adherents of Strongbow, who was the ancestor of the family in Ireland.
For Le Gras, Le Gros, or Crassus. Roger, Richard, Osbert, Arnulph, William, Nicholas C. of Normandy, 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Richard Crassus or Grassus of England, 1199 (Rotuli Hundredorum); Roger le Gras, c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum); William and Richard le Cras. The English forms are Grace, Grose, Gross, &c. The Irish family of Grace appears to be a branch of the Fitzgeralds. For the Baronets Grace, see Gammon.
(Irish), anciently le Gros, Big, Fat. (variant: le Gras.)
Grace Demographics
Average Grace Salary in
United States
$42,533 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Grace Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grace Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Grace (Arabic: جرايس, Hindi: ग्रेस, Marathi: गराचे, Oriya: େଗସ) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Grâce, Gracé or Graçe. Click here for other possible spellings of Grace.
How Common Is The Last Name Grace? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,453rd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 57,723 people. The surname Grace occurs mostly in Africa, where 46 percent of Grace reside; 32 percent reside in North America and 32 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Grace is also the 148th most frequently occurring forename on earth, held by 3,200,272 people.
The surname Grace is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 38,059 people, or 1 in 9,524. In The United States Grace is mostly found in: California, where 9 percent live, Texas, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States it is found in 162 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 22 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.
Grace Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Grace has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Grace surname rose 548 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 205 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 148 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 441 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 288 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Grace Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Grace last name is predominantly Catholic (96%) in Ireland, Orthodox (50%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Shiite (80%) in Lebanon, Christian (95%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Grace are 8.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.25% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Grace earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 14.38% more than the national average, earning R 271,800 per year; in United States they earn 1.43% less than the national average, earning $42,533 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.13% more than the national average, earning $51,735 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Grace Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Grace in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗସ | egasa | - |
| Grace in the Hindi language | ||
| ग्रेस | gresa | 95 |
| ग्रासे | grase | 5 |
| Grace in the Marathi language | ||
| गराचे | garace | 75 |
| गराचेाहम | garaceahama | 25 |
| Grace in the Arabic language | ||
| جرايس | jrays | - |
| جريس | jrys | - |
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