How common is the last name Gregory?

85,781 people in the United States have the last name Gregory, about 1 in 3,484. It ranks #360 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

GREGORY

#360

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
85,781
About
1 in 3,484
This common or more
28.5%
Who bears it

Of the 85,781 people with the last name Gregory, 75.9% reported their origin as White, 15% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Gregory

#358 Moran · 85,840#359 Shelton · 85,839#361 Watts · 85,754#362 Leon · 85,611

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,775 Gregoire · 5,781#6,202 Gregorio · 5,288#7,855 Gregor · 4,049#22,647 Greger · 1,162#38,883 Gregori · 612#72,692 Gregorek · 288#90,184 Gregorie · 220#111,996 Grigor · 167

Also a first name

As a first name, Gregory ranks #84 of 53,615, with 503,949 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1962, with 22,063 births. See Gregory as a first name

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