Explore the Family Name Gresh

The meaning of Gresh

1. Americanized form of German Gresch, a cognate of 2 below. 2. Americanized form of Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) Greš: from a pet form of the personal name Gregor (Rusyn Hrehor) ‘Gregory’.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Gresh saw a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 20,727th most popular surname, but fell to 22,081st place in 2010, representing a change of -6.53%. The count of individuals with this surname also decreased marginally from 1,186 in 2000 to 1,173 in 2010, a reduction of 1.1%. Accordingly, the proportion of the Gresh name per 100k people dropped by 9.09% from 0.44 to 0.4 during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#20,727	#22,081	-6.53%
Count	1,186	1,173	-1.1%
Proportion per 100k	0.44	0.4	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gresh

The ethnic identity associated with the Gresh surname remained predominantly White between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. About 98.06% of those with the Gresh surname identified as White in 2000, which saw a marginal dip to 97.44% in 2010. The representation of Hispanic ethnicity within the Gresh surname holders slightly increased from 0.93% in 2000 to 1.02% in 2010. Notably, there was a substantial increase in those identifying as having two or more races from 0.42% in 2000 to 0.68% in 2010. However, there were no recorded individuals with the Gresh surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.06%	97.44%	-0.63%
Hispanic	0.93%	1.02%	9.68%
Two or More Races	0.42%	0.68%	61.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%