Grass Surname
Approximately 14,602 people bear this surname
Grass 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 SurnameGrass Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,103 | 1:59,390 | 7,021 |
| Germany | 2,622 | 1:30,704 | 4,043 |
| France | 876 | 1:75,825 | 10,645 |
| Canada | 602 | 1:61,205 | 7,174 |
| Colombia | 584 | 1:81,805 | 3,293 |
| Austria | 510 | 1:16,697 | 2,512 |
| Switzerland | 432 | 1:19,011 | 3,092 |
| Russia | 396 | 1:363,947 | 35,793 |
| Brazil | 333 | 1:642,866 | 23,807 |
| England | 316 | 1:176,323 | 16,023 |
| Australia | 237 | 1:113,906 | 12,650 |
| Cuba | 193 | 1:59,703 | 2,296 |
| Bolivia | 191 | 1:55,583 | 2,864 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Sweden | 127 | 1:77,534 | 5,797 |
| South Africa | 126 | 1:429,982 | 36,940 |
| Latvia | 77 | 1:26,624 | 4,080 |
| Argentina | 74 | 1:577,614 | 41,358 |
| Poland | 63 | 1:603,313 | 54,622 |
| Chile | 53 | 1:332,386 | 9,362 |
| Spain | 46 | 1:1,016,349 | 37,676 |
| New Zealand | 41 | 1:110,447 | 14,290 |
| Kazakhstan | 40 | 1:442,062 | 33,686 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| Italy | 30 | 1:2,038,556 | 89,453 |
| Venezuela | 30 | 1:1,006,803 | 15,224 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| China | 23 | 1:59,448,764 | 3,236 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:254,944 | 12,577 |
| Denmark | 19 | 1:297,090 | 21,940 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Peru | 18 | 1:1,765,785 | 23,952 |
| Finland | 14 | 1:392,622 | 26,475 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| Vietnam | 8 | 1:11,580,757 | 2,851 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 1:19,189 | 1,439 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 16 | 1:276,867 | 11,455 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 207 | 1:117,755 | 11,303 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:178,248 | 6,976 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,783 | 1:28,165 | 3,453 |
The alternate forms: Gráss (2) are calculated separately.
Grass (339) may also be a first name.
Grass 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.
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'fat, lusty'; v. Grace.
A curtailed form of Grassie, from Grassick, which see.
(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]
(French, English) One who came from Grasse or Gras, in France; the large or fat person; dweller at the grass or green.
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.
French gras. Fat, stout.
Originally Le Gros , a name given to Raymond, one of the adherents of Strongbow, who was the ancestor of the family in Ireland.
This name means fat, stout; from French gras.
Grass Demographics
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Grass Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grass Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Grass (Arabic: جراس, Georgian: გრასს, Russian: Грасс) is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant: Gráss. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Grass? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 36,139th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 499,079 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Grass live; 46 percent live in North America and 46 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 474,488th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 339 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 6,103 people, or 1 in 59,390. In The United States it is primarily found in: Missouri, where 13 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 83 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 18 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.
Grass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Grass has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 342 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 153 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Grass Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Jewish (69%) in Ireland and Orthodox (72%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Grass surname are 4.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.17% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Grass earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 32.03% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,176 per year; in South Africa they earn 23.68% more than the national average, earning R 293,904 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.52% less than the national average, earning $21,676,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.52% less than the national average, earning $42,492 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.45% less than the national average, earning $49,460 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gráss | 93 | 2 | / |
| Grasse | 91 | 3,229 | / |
| Grauss | 91 | 463 | / |
| Graiss | 91 | 249 | / |
| Graass | 91 | 11 | / |
| Grasst | 91 | 10 | / |
| Greass | 91 | 1 | / |
| Grassp | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kgrass | 91 | 1 | / |
| Grasås | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gras | 89 | 22,321 | / |
| Graisse | 83 | 113 | / |
| Grausse | 83 | 12 | / |
| Grassse | 83 | 1 | / |
| Greasse | 83 | 0 | / |
| Gross | 80 | 174,099 | / |
| Graus | 80 | 3,677 | / |
| Grays | 80 | 2,973 | / |
| Grgas | 80 | 781 | / |
| Grais | 80 | 758 | / |
| Graas | 80 | 697 | / |
| Grats | 80 | 695 | / |
| Grase | 80 | 509 | / |
| Grash | 80 | 339 | / |
| Greas | 80 | 267 | / |
| Grasz | 80 | 189 | / |
| Grahs | 80 | 187 | / |
| Grast | 80 | 32 | / |
| Grads | 80 | 22 | / |
| Grhas | 80 | 20 | / |
| Hgras | 80 | 10 | / |
| Grajs | 80 | 7 | / |
| Grasp | 80 | 3 | / |
| Grasø | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ghras | 80 | 3 | / |
| Grazs | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gróss | 80 | 1 | / |
| Grras | 80 | 1 | / |
| Grzas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Grassová | 77 | 11 | / |
| Grassova | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gra | 75 | 1,285 | / |
| Grosse | 73 | 13,629 | / |
| Greiss | 73 | 2,459 | / |
| Groiss | 73 | 1,072 | / |
| Ghrais | 73 | 918 | / |
| Graysh | 73 | 382 | / |
| Grause | 73 | 320 | / |
| Grasch | 73 | 264 | / |
| Grease | 73 | 185 | / |
| Grooss | 73 | 184 | / |
| Greash | 73 | 153 | / |
| Graise | 73 | 140 | / |
| Grausz | 73 | 128 | / |
| Grouss | 73 | 119 | / |
| Grauds | 73 | 119 | / |
| Gratts | 73 | 107 | / |
| Grosås | 73 | 57 | / |
| Ghrash | 73 | 53 | / |
| Greats | 73 | 39 | / |
| Graszt | 73 | 28 | / |
| Grayse | 73 | 16 | / |
| Grossz | 73 | 6 | / |
| Greyss | 73 | 5 | / |
| Groyss | 73 | 4 | / |
| Grauzs | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gratse | 73 | 3 | / |
| Grayts | 73 | 3 | / |
| Grossh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Grosst | 73 | 3 | / |
| Graush | 73 | 2 | / |
| Graish | 73 | 2 | / |
| Grausø | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ngross | 73 | 1 | / |
| Graats | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grossd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grasce | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grauts | 73 | 1 | / |
| Greads | 73 | 1 | / |
| Greaus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grashe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grahas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Graits | 73 | 1 | / |
| Greuss | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grohss | 73 | 1 | / |
| Grosss | 73 | 0 | / |
| Graths | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gray | 67 | 521,487 | / |
| Grau | 67 | 51,536 | / |
| Gros | 67 | 35,989 | / |
| Grad | 67 | 12,804 | / |
| Grah | 67 | 12,373 | / |
| Graß | 67 | 3,335 | / |
| Grap | 67 | 1,415 | / |
| Graj | 67 | 1,256 | / |
| Graz | 67 | 1,064 | / |
| Graś | 67 | 938 | / |
| Grai | 67 | 829 | / |
| Graa | 67 | 682 | / |
| Grat | 67 | 492 | / |
| Grea | 67 | 293 | / |
| Gratsch | 67 | 256 | / |
| Grga | 67 | 176 | / |
| Grra | 67 | 165 | / |
| Grňa | 67 | 71 | / |
| Groa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Graishe | 67 | 29 | / |
| Grascht | 67 | 28 | / |
| Ghra | 67 | 23 | / |
| Ngra | 67 | 21 | / |
| Grausch | 67 | 20 | / |
| Grax | 67 | 18 | / |
| Grós | 67 | 17 | / |
| Grahase | 67 | 16 | / |
| Gåra | 67 | 16 | / |
| Grousse | 67 | 16 | / |
| Graš | 67 | 9 | / |
| Grasova | 67 | 8 | / |
| Graş | 67 | 6 | / |
| Greisse | 67 | 5 | / |
| Grossås | 67 | 5 | / |
| Grasová | 67 | 5 | / |
| Grha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Graiszh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gréa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Grač | 67 | 3 | / |
| Grasche | 67 | 2 | / |
| Graisch | 67 | 2 | / |
| G'Ra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grossch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghreiss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghrouss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Graç | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grás | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hgra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geerats | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grać | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grraise | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qgra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Groosse | 67 | 0 | / |
| Graisth | 67 | 0 | / |
Grass Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Grass in the Georgian language | ||
| გრასს | grass | - |
| Grass in the Russian language | ||
| Грасс | grass | - |
| Grass in the Arabic language | ||
| جراس | jras | - |
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