Explore the Family Name Grippo

The meaning of Grippo

Italian: 1. from an ancient Germanic personal name Grippo, from grīm ‘mask, helmet’. 2. from the Calabrian dialect word grippa ‘wrinkle’, probably a nickname for someone with a wrinkled complexion. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Carmine, Angelo, Lorenzo, Aniello, Enrico, Gaetano, Giacomo, Gino, Pasquale, Piero, Ral, Rocco.

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

The surname Grippo, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, ranked 20,711th in popularity in the year 2000 and slipped to 21,633rd by 2010, indicating a decline of 4.45%. The count of individuals with this surname showed a mild increase of 1.52% over the same decade, growing from 1,187 in 2000 to 1,205 in 2010. However, the proportion of people named Grippo per 100,000 decreased by 6.82%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#20,711	#21,633	-4.45%
Count	1,187	1,205	1.52%
Proportion per 100k	0.44	0.41	-6.82%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Grippo

In terms of ethnic identity, again relying on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, almost all individuals with the Grippo surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, although there was a slight decrease from 96.63% to 93.94%. There were no Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native individuals identified among those with this surname. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic more than doubled from 2.02% in 2000 to 4.15% in 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as two or more races also increased from 0.84% to 1.08%. Finally, Black individuals began to appear in the dataset in 2010, accounting for 0.41% of individuals with the Grippo surname.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.63%	93.94%	-2.78%
Hispanic	2.02%	4.15%	105.45%
Two or More Races	0.84%	1.08%	28.57%
Black	0%	0.41%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%