The Grass surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,567 people carried this name — #7,301 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,468 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
396 people named Grass live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 363 people named Grass.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 70 people named Grass 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 Santa Fe.
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 Poland’s population register
51 people named Grass have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 65 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
135 people named Grass 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
Grass in American newspapers,
1904–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,146,366 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Grass,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anna Maria Grass d. 1727
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Cornelius Grass 1562–1642 · hagiographer
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Gottfried Grasse 1624–1662 · pastor
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Gustaf Grass 1626–1694 · vice president
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Samuel Grass 1653–1730 · physician
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Helena Kristina Grass 1657–1745
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Grass.
- Granson 151 · U.S. census
- Grant 142,277 · U.S. census
- Granville 2,608 · U.S. census
- Grappe 170 · U.S. census
- Grappin 132 · U.S. census
- Gras 650 · U.S. census
- Grasse 548 · U.S. census
- Grasser 1,577 · U.S. census
- Grassi 2,629 · U.S. census
- Grasso 7,894 · U.S. census
- Grat 122 · U.S. census
- Grathwohl 364 · U.S. census
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