Last Name GROSS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Nickname: The gross, large, fat, heavy, similar to French Grosjean, equivalent to Scotch Micklejohn.
Origin English, Jewish, German, Lithuanian, Polish, Swiss, Irish, Slovakian, Croatian, Estonian, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 387 (2000 US census) 416 (1990 US census)
Count 74,285 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 86.61%, or 64338 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 9.85%, or 7317 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.41%, or 305 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.31%, or 230 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.15%, or 854 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.67%, or 1241 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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