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GRANT

in Massachusetts

There are 2,942 people with the last name "GRANT" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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GRANT 146
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  1. is 142nd most common Reed
  2. is 143rd most common Rodrigues
  3. is 144th most common Ellis
  4. is 145th most common Morales
  5. is 146th most common Grant
  6. is 147th most common Barrett
  7. is 148th most common Riley
  8. is 149th most common Morin
  9. is 150th most common Dunn

Most Common First Names for GRANT

John, Robert, William, David, Richard, Joseph, Michael, James, Kevin, Edward

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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