The Grad surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 735 people carried this name — #31,482 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 727 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
2,848 people named Grad have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 3,069 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Holy Cross.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 218 people named Grad.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
44 people named Grad 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).
Who carried it
People named Grad,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles Grad 1842–1890 · engineer -
Charles Grad 1842–1890 · engineer -
Charles Grad 1842–1890 · engineer
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Charles Grad 1842–1890 · engineer
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Theobald Grad 1661–1734
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Johann Peter Grad 1677–1754
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Grad.
- Graby 177 · U.S. census
- Graca 629 · U.S. census
- Grace 28,098 · U.S. census
- Gracia 9,520 · U.S. census
- Gracias 398 · U.S. census
- Graczyk 1,509 · U.S. census
- Gradel 317 · U.S. census
- Grados 381 · U.S. census
- Gradwohl 308 · U.S. census
- Graef 1,293 · U.S. census
- Graeff 1,056 · U.S. census
- Graf 13,301 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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