Granger

Granger is the 2,110th most common surname in the United States, shared by 16,684 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 17,900.

By the numbers

People: 16,684
Rank: 2,110th
How common: 1 in 17,900
Per 100,000: 5.6

Where the name comes from

Origin an occupational name

From granger, from grange.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Granger described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 75.0%
Black, not Hispanic 16.2%
Hispanic or Latino 4.0%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Granger

Clive Granger (1934–2009)British economist
Farley Granger (1925–2011)American actor
David A. Granger (born 1945)Guyanese politician
Stewart Granger (1913–1993)British actor
Danny Granger (born 1983)American basketball player
Kay Granger (1943–2026)American politician
Jayson Granger (born 1989)Uruguayan basketball player
David Granger (1903–2002)bobsledder

People named Granger with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Granger

Also a first name

Granger has been given to 2,153 American babies as a first name since 1912, peaking in 2021. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.