Last Name GRACE

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Meaning	Nickname: Le gras, the fat, the lusty. Common in every early register. The first name Grace came far too late to affect surnames. Also, local, 'at the grass,' from residence thereby. Originally 'Le Gros' [" the fat or large"], a name given to Raymond, one of the adherents of Strongbow, who was the ancestor of the family in Ireland.

Origin	English, Jewish, Spanish, Irish, Maori, South african, Cape verdean

Rank	1,200 (2000 US census)	1,167 (1990 US census)

Count	26,727 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

73.58%, or 19666 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
20.18%, or 5394 total occurrences, as black,
1.44%, or 385 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.54%, or 144 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.2%, or 588 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.06%, or 551 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Russian middle names

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English surnames

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