How common is the last name Grayson?

16,326 people in the United States have the last name Grayson, about 1 in 18,308. It ranks #2,166 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

GRAYSON

#2,166

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
16,326
About
1 in 18,308
This common or more
48.7%
Who bears it

Of the 16,326 people with the last name Grayson, 48.2% reported their origin as White, 41.2% as Black and 5.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Grayson

#2,164 Mcgovern · 16,354#2,165 Greco · 16,346#2,167 Rooney · 16,309#2,168 Denny · 16,304

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Grayson, most common first.

#10,476 Greeson · 2,924#14,339 Gregson · 2,007#52,477 Greason · 427#59,630 Grigson · 366#61,594 Grisson · 352#75,363 Greyson · 276#105,671 Gragson · 180#108,965 Grason · 173

Also a first name

As a first name, Grayson ranks #615 of 53,615, with 86,122 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2016, with 8,850 births. See Grayson as a first name

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