Grass Surname

36,139^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 14,602 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

United States

Highest density in:

Austria

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.

Grass 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

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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}

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.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'fat, lusty'; v. Grace.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A curtailed form of Grassie, from Grassick, which see.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(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

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.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

French gras. Fat, stout.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Originally Le Gros , a name given to Raymond, one of the adherents of Strongbow, who was the ancestor of the family in Ireland.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

This name means fat, stout; from French gras.

— Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

DNA test information

Grass Demographics

Average Grass Salary in
United States

$42,492^USD

Per year

Rank:

669,800 of 1,180,305

Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:

0.00165114

Rank: 7,101 of 1,181,369

Percentage of national average salary:

98.47%

Sample size: 3,314 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149^USD

Per year

Per month:

$3,596^USD

Per week:

$799^USD

Per day:

$118^USD

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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 may occur in the variant forms: Gráss. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grass? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Grass is the 36,139^th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 499,079 people. The last name Grass occurs mostly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Grass reside; 46 percent reside in North America and 46 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Grass is also the 474,488^th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 339 people.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 6,103 people, or 1 in 59,390. In The United States Grass is primarily concentrated in: Missouri, where 13 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States it exists in 83 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 18 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.

Grass Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Grass has changed through the years. 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 contracted 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Grass Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily 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 national 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	/

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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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Grass Surname

Grass Surname Definition:

Grass Surname Distribution Map

Grass Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Grass Demographics

$42,492 USD

Per year

$43,149 USD

Per year

Grass Last Name Facts

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

How Common Is The Last Name Grass? popularity and diffusion

Grass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

Grass Last Name Statistics demography

Phonetically Similar Names

Grass Name Transliterations

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Footnotes

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

$42,492^USD

$43,149^USD

Where Does The Last Name Grass Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

How Common Is The Last Name Grass? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Grass Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

Grass Last Name Statistics ^demography