Explore the Family Name Gragert

The meaning of Gragert

North German: nickname for someone with gray hair from a derivative of Middle Low German grāge ‘gray’. The term later came to denote a ‘gray monk’ or an old horse, and it is possible that the nickname arose from either of these meanings.

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How common is the last name Gragert in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Gragert has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Gragert was ranked 49,671 in popularity with a count of 397 individuals carrying that name. By 2010, however, its rank had slipped to 53,802, reflecting a drop of 8.32%. The total number of people with this surname also reduced by 3.27% during this period, meaning that only 384 individuals bore the name Gragert. The proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 individuals also went down by 13.33%, from 0.15 in 2000 to 0.13 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#49,671	#53,802	-8.32%
Count	397	384	-3.27%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.13	-13.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gragert

Regarding ethnicity distribution, the Gragert surname is predominantly associated with White ethnicity according to the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, 96.47% of the Gragerts identified as White, which decreased slightly to 94.53% in 2010. There was no evidence of Gragerts identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during either census year. However, there was a significant increase in Gragerts identifying as Hispanic, from 2.52% in 2000 to 4.17% in 2010, marking a 65.48% change. The data for those identifying as two or more races was suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.47%	94.53%	-2.01%
Hispanic	2.52%	4.17%	65.48%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%