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Grant

in Illinois

There are 3,970 people with the last name "Grant" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Grant 187
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  1. is 183rd most common Ferguson
  2. is 184th most common Spencer
  3. is 185th most common Black
  4. is 186th most common Snyder
  5. is 187th most common Grant
  6. is 188th most common Willis
  7. is 189th most common Franklin
  8. is 190th most common Carroll
  9. is 191st most common Armstrong

Most Common First Names for Grant

James, Robert, John, Michael, William, David, Mary, Richard, Charles, Thomas

Meaning & History

English and (especially) Scottish (of Norman origin), and French: nickname from Anglo-Norman French graund, graunt ‘tall’, ‘large’ (Old French grand, grant, from Latin grandis), given either to a person of remarkable size, or else in a relative way to distinguish two bearers of the same personal name, often representatives of different generations within the same family.

English and Scottish: from a medieval personal name, probably a survival into Middle English of the Old English byname Granta (see Grantham).

Probably a respelling of German Grandt or Grand.

FOREBEARS The U.S. president General Ulysses S. Grant (1822–85), born in OH, was the descendant of a Puritan called Matthew Grant, who landed in Massachusetts with his wife, Priscilla, in 1630. This family of Grants continued in New England until Captain Noah Grant, having served throughout the Revolution, emigrated to PA in 1790 and later to OH.

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