Explore the Family Name Grandstaff

The meaning of Grandstaff

Americanized form of German Kranzdorf or of its extinct altered form Crantzdorf: unexplained. Compare Grindstaff.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Grandstaff's popularity saw a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 14,422nd in popularity, but had slipped to 15,370th by 2010, marking a drop of 6.57%. Despite this fall in rank, the actual count of individuals with the Grandstaff surname increased slightly from 1,899 in 2000 to 1,908 in 2010, presenting a marginal growth rate of 0.47%. However, when adjusted for population growth, the proportion per 100,000 people reduced by 7.14%, going from 0.7 to 0.65.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#14,422	#15,370	-6.57%
Count	1,899	1,908	0.47%
Proportion per 100k	0.7	0.65	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Grandstaff

Regarding its ethnic identity distribution, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals some interesting shifts from 2000 to 2010. The majority, around 93.34% in 2010, identify as White, down slightly from 94.58% in 2000. There was a notable increase in the Asian/Pacific Islander category, which rose from 0.26% to 0.73%, and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories also saw an increase from 0.37% to 0.73%. Those identifying as Black increased from 1.26% to 1.62%, while the percentage identifying with Hispanic ethnicity grew from 1.79% to 2.15%. Conversely, the proportion identifying with two or more races decreased slightly, from 1.74% to 1.42%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.58%	93.34%	-1.31%
Hispanic	1.79%	2.15%	20.11%
Black	1.26%	1.62%	28.57%
Two or More Races	1.74%	1.42%	-18.39%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.26%	0.73%	180.77%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.37%	0.73%	97.3%