Last Name GREER

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Meaning	A corruption of 'Gregor.' Gilbert McGregor, second son of Malcom, Laird of McGregor, who settled at Nithesdale, Dumfries County, Scotland, in 1374, left issue, who assumed the short appellation of 'Greer.' Welsh, 'Grewr,' a herdsman.

Origin	Jewish, Irish, Belgian

Rank	552 (2000 US census)	426 (1990 US census)

Count	54,611 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

75.62%, or 41297 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
20.62%, or 11261 total occurrences, as black,
0.35%, or 191 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.44%, or 240 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.49%, or 814 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.47%, or 803 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

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...