Explore the Family Name Grella

The meaning of Grella

Italian: probably from a shortened form of Agrella, feminine form of Agrello, a derivative of Agro, from agro ‘rough, hard’. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Carmine, Nunzio, Giuseppe, Pasquale, Antonio, Carmino, Emanuele, Gino, Giovanni, Lorenzo, Nunzi.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Grella had a popularity rank of 22,783 in the year 2000 and dropped to 24,404 by 2010, reflecting a decrease of 7.11%. The count of individuals with this surname also decreased over the ten-year span, from 1,051 in 2000 to 1,026 in 2010, which is a drop of 2.38%. Therefore, the proportion of the Grella surname per 100,000 people declined by 10.26%, going from 0.39 in 2000 to 0.35 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#22,783	#24,404	-7.11%
Count	1,051	1,026	-2.38%
Proportion per 100k	0.39	0.35	-10.26%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Grella

Regarding ethnicity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of individuals with the surname Grella identified as white in both 2000 and 2010, although there was a slight decrease from 97.15% to 95.91%. The number of those identifying as Hispanic showed significant growth, increasing by 86.42% from 1.62% in 2000 to 3.02% in 2010. Notably, there were no people with the Grella surname who identified as Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native during both years. It's also worth mentioning that the percentage of those with multi-racial identities and Asian/Pacific Islander origins changed from 0.76% and 0% in 2000 to 0% and 0.88% in 2010 respectively.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.15%	95.91%	-1.28%
Hispanic	1.62%	3.02%	86.42%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.88%	0%
Two or More Races	0.76%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%