Grass Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 8
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 27
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 31
Somerset 4
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Grass Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Grass family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 15
Female Servant 10
Labourer 2
Fur Maker 2
Farmer 1
Basket Maker 1
Independent 1
Tailor 1
Ag Labourer 1
Game Keeper 1
Male Servant 1
Laundress 1
Army Pensioner 1
Warrener 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Grass

Name Census Frequency
William Grass 103
John Grass 89
Mary Grass 87
George Grass 82
Elizabeth Grass 74
James Grass 53
Henry Grass 45
Robert Grass 40
Sarah Grass 34
Ann Grass 32
Eliza Grass 27
Emma Grass 26
Charles Grass 24
Thomas Grass 24
Ellen Grass 21
Emily Grass 21
Jane Grass 20
Matthew Grass 20
Isabella Grass 17
Susan Grass 17
Annie Grass 16
Alice Grass 14
Caroline Grass 14
Maria Grass 14
Alfred Grass 13

Grass Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gross 80% 5,002
2 Grass 100% 1,507
3 Grosse 67% 1,268
4 Griss 80% 527
5 Grases 83% 398
6 Gras 80% 104

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The surname Grass is the 2nd most popular variant of Gross.

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