Gras Surname

24,244th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,321 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Andorra

Gras Surname Definition:

(French-Latin) Fat [French gras, Old French gras, cras; Latin crass-us, thick] Ralph le Gras. =Cal. Inq. P.M.

Gras(s is a tolerably common French surname.

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Gras Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France13,3391:4,980400
Spain2,6651:17,5431,968
Germany1,8361:43,8485,752
United States9701:373,66933,094
Netherlands9461:17,8512,775
Argentina6391:66,8915,728
Brazil2381:899,47232,278
Belgium2221:51,7878,470
South Africa1131:479,44939,619
Canada1061:347,60031,502
Romania851:236,21022,608
Switzerland831:98,95110,605
Poland811:469,24447,315
Cuba761:151,6153,669
England691:807,50843,459
India581:13,225,265229,403
Australia561:482,06636,890
Colombia521:918,7328,918
Austria511:166,96921,809
Luxembourg481:12,0952,127
Mexico471:2,640,98321,548
Chile391:451,70411,842
Russia371:3,895,218191,585
Israel321:267,42624,032
Thailand301:2,354,612261,046
Andorra301:2,795529
Denmark281:201,59716,538
Uruguay271:127,10211,684
New Caledonia261:10,6242,723
Ivory Coast261:887,35522,826
Papua New Guinea251:326,14943,617
French Polynesia181:15,6003,086
Malaysia181:1,638,56867,452
Ethiopia161:6,096,64111,907
Italy161:3,822,293103,776
Burkina Faso141:1,310,86411,575
Venezuela111:2,745,82529,869
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Taiwan91:2,604,97216,335
Mali91:1,885,4481,868
Madagascar91:2,627,7603,802
Czechia91:1,181,49785,740
Peru81:3,973,01532,693
Norway71:734,61250,907
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
China41:341,830,39216,990
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1001:502,18735,305

The alternate forms: Graś (938), Graš (9), Graş (6) & Grás (1) are calculated separately.

Gras (355) may also be a first name.

Gras Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(French-Latin) Fat [French gras, Old French gras, cras; Latin crass-us, thick] Ralph le Gras. =Cal. Inq. P.M.

Gras(s is a tolerably common French surname.

(English) Dweller at the Grass [Middle English gras, Old English grœs]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(French, English) One who came from Grasse or Gras, in France; the large or fat person; dweller at the grass or green.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Gras Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gras Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gras (Hindi: ग्रास, Marathi: गा्स, Oriya: ଗାସ୍, Russian: Грас) occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Graś, Graš, Graş or Grás. For other potential spellings of Gras click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gras? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gras is the 24,244th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 326,488 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Gras reside; 74 percent reside in Western Europe and 61 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 462,374th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 355 people.

The surname is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 13,339 people, or 1 in 4,980. In France it is mostly found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 21 percent live, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 16 percent live and Île-de-France, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account France this last name occurs in 86 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 12 percent live and Germany, where 8 percent live.

Gras Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gras has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gras surname expanded 970 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 3,450 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gras Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Gras are 23.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.73% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Gras earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 32.37% less than the national average, earning 234,041 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 59.97% less than the national average, earning R 95,136 per year; in Colombia they earn 7.22% less than the national average, earning $21,063,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.36% more than the national average, earning $47,189 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.69% less than the national average, earning $45,364 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Graś92938/
Graš929/
Graş926/
Grás921/
Grass8914,602/
Graus893,677/
Grays892,973/
Grgas89781/
Grais89758/
Graas89697/
Grats89695/
Grase89509/
Grash89339/
Greas89267/
Grasz89189/
Grahs89187/
Grast8932/
Grads8922/
Grhas8920/
Hgras8910/
Grajs897/
Grasp893/
Grasø893/
Ghras893/
Grazs892/
Grras891/
Grasc891/
Grzas891/
Gra861,285/
Grasse803,229/
Ghrais80918/
Grauss80463/
Graysh80382/
Grause80320/
Grasch80264/
Graiss80249/
Grease80185/
Greash80153/
Graise80140/
Grausz80128/
Grauds80119/
Gratts80107/
Ghrash8053/
Greats8039/
Graszt8028/
Grayse8016/
Graass8011/
Grasst8010/
Grauzs804/
Gratse803/
Grayts803/
Graush802/
Graish802/
Grausø802/
Grausc801/
Greass801/
Graats801/
Grasce801/
Grassp801/
Grauts801/
Greads801/
Greaus801/
Grashe801/
Grahas801/
Graits801/
Kgrass801/
Grasås801/
Graths800/
Gray75521,487/
Grau7551,536/
Gros7535,989/
Grad7512,804/
Grah7512,373/
Graß753,335/
Grap751,415/
Graj751,256/
Graz751,064/
Grac751,022/
Grai75829/
Graa75682/
Grat75492/
Grea75293/
Grga75176/
Grra75165/
Grňa7571/
Groa7534/
Ghra7523/
Ngra7521/
Grax7518/
Grós7517/
Gåra7516/
Grha754/
Gréa754/
Grač753/
G'Ra751/
Grza751/
Graç751/
Hgra751/
Grać751/
Qgra751/
Gratsch73256/
Graisse73113/
Graishe7329/
Grascht7328/
Grausch7320/
Grahase7316/
Grausse7312/
Grasova738/
Grasová735/
Graiszh734/
Grasche732/
Graisch732/
Geerats731/
Grassse731/
Grraise731/
Greasse730/
Graisth730/
Gross67174,099/
Grace67126,251/
Grose6711,394/
Great676,047/
Grosz675,055/
Grohs674,825/
Groos674,161/
Greis674,160/
Graux672,276/
Grach671,843/
Grósz671,676/
Graap671,415/
Graha671,201/
Grosh67946/
Graat67924/
Greys67726/
Greus67640/
Gratt67611/
Grapp67554/
Gradt67551/
Gread67485/
Grois67463/
Ghrat67418/
Grous67398/
Grait67371/
Graid67271/
Graße67221/
Grots67185/
Groys67181/
Graut67180/
Grost67169/
Graup67153/
Grausová67131/
Geera67130/
Grods67126/
Graiz67108/
Geeraths67104/
Graić6771/
Grgos6770/
Graud6761/
Graah6739/
N'Gra6734/
Grajš6734/
Gërra6734/
Grojs6731/
Grãos6730/
Grajd6728/
Grazt6725/
Ghrai6723/
Gradz6723/
Grausova6722/
Graad6722/
Grabp6719/
Graßt6717/
Grosc6714/
Grajz6713/
Grayd6713/
Ghraz6713/
Graph6711/
Grassová6711/
Grayt6711/
Grász679/
Grajj678/
Graňa678/
Graasová677/
G'Rra677/
Grosd677/
Ngrai676/
Graht675/
Ghray675/
Greap674/
Grray674/
Grzaś674/
Graij674/
Grashova673/
Gradd673/
Graïa673/
Graih673/
Graiš673/
Grauß673/
Grauz672/
Nghra672/
Kgray672/
Cgray672/
Grauy672/
Grauh672/
Gráss672/
Graïc672/
Greaz672/
Ghrea672/
Grgaš672/
Grosp672/
Grozs672/
Graaj672/
Ngraj672/
Hngra671/
Graay671/
Graisova671/
Grgaz671/
Graysova671/
Ghrad671/
Grhos671/
Grazz671/
Gróss671/
Grauc671/
Gruos671/
Grassova671/
Grahu671/
Graič671/
Graszova671/
Graçe671/
Graët671/
Groïa671/
Griea671/
Ggray671/
Ngrau671/
Grāts671/
Gradc671/
Grgaj671/
Ghrau671/
Grayh670/
Graiy670/
Graip670/
Grapf670/

Gras Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gras in the Oriya language
ଗାସ୍gas-
Gras in the Marathi language
गा्सgasa-
Gras in the Hindi language
ग्रासgrasa60
ग्रसgrasa40
Gras in the Russian language
Грасgras-

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