The Grace surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 28,098 people carried this name — #1,248 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 26,727 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 36 births for the Grace name in 1890.
Most were registered in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,600 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Dublin and Kilkenny.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 112 people named Grace.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often La Réunion.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 55 people named Grace live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Corrientes.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
26 people named Grace live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
25 people named Grace is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Grace in American newspapers,
1835–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Grace,
with a public archive behind them.
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Oliver Grace d. 1708 · politician -
Richard Grace d. 1929 -
Richard Grace 1612–1691 -
Roger V. Grace d. 2019 · botanical collector
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Harriet Alicia Sheffield Grace d. 1897
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Jane Grace d. 1835
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Grace.
- Grabe 475 · U.S. census
- Graber 12,204 · U.S. census
- Grabowska 187 · U.S. census
- Grabowski 8,877 · U.S. census
- Graby 177 · U.S. census
- Graca 629 · U.S. census
- Gracia 9,520 · U.S. census
- Gracias 398 · U.S. census
- Graczyk 1,509 · U.S. census
- Grad 735 · U.S. census
- Gradel 317 · U.S. census
- Grados 381 · U.S. census
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