Gregory
85,781 people in the United States were counted with the surname Gregory in the 2020 census, making it the 360th most common in the country. That is about one person in 3,484.
By the numbers
- People
- 85,781
- Rank
- 360th
- How common
- 1 in 3,484
- Per 100,000
- 28.7
Where the name comes from
Origin a patronymic
Via Latin Grēgorius, from post-classical Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος (“watchful, vigilant”), from Ancient Greek ἐγείρω (“awaken, arouse”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Who bears the name
How people with the surname Gregory described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:
Notable people called Gregory
- James Gregory (1638–1675)Scottish mathematician and astronomer
- Philippa Gregory (born 1954)English novelist
- Wilton Daniel Gregory (born 1947)American Cardinal
- Frederick D. Gregory (born 1941)American astronaut
- Dick Gregory (1932–2017)American comedian, social activist, social critic, writer, and entrepreneur
- David Gregory (1659–1708)Scottish astronomer and mathematician
- John Walter Gregory (1864–1932)British geologist and explorer
- William G. Gregory (born 1957)American astronaut
People named Gregory with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Surnames like Gregory
Also a first name
Gregory has been given to 714,753 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1962. 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.