Find out how popular the last name Grinshpun is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Grinshpun.

Grinshpun, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Grinshpun surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Grinshpun in America

Grinshpun is the 116201st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Grinshpun surname appeared 150 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Grinshpun.

We can also compare 2010 data for Grinshpun to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Grinshpun

The surname GRINSHPUN originates from Eastern Europe, specifically from the Jewish communities in the Russian Empire and the Pale of Settlement during the late 18th and 19th centuries. It is a Yiddish or Ashkenazi Jewish surname derived from the German word "Grün" meaning "green" and the Yiddish word "shpun" meaning "to spin." This suggests that the name may have been an occupational surname referring to someone who spun green thread or worked with green fabrics.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name GRINSHPUN can be found in the vital records of the Jewish communities in the Pale of Settlement, which included present-day Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of Poland, Lithuania, and Moldova. These records often date back to the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when the Russian Empire began requiring Jews to adopt hereditary surnames.

Among the notable individuals bearing the GRINSHPUN surname was Lev Grinshpun, a Russian-born American chess player who lived from 1916 to 1987. He was a Soviet chess master and later became a FIDE International Master after immigrating to the United States in 1976.

Another well-known figure was Yakov Grinshpun, a Russian literary critic and writer who lived from 1887 to 1951. He was a prominent figure in the literary circles of the early Soviet Union and wrote extensively on the works of Maxim Gorky and other Russian writers.

In the late 19th century, there was a Rabbi Grinshpun who was a respected scholar and leader of a Jewish community in the Pale of Settlement, though his first name and exact dates are unclear from historical records.

Additionally, the name GRINSHPUN can be found in various historical documents and records from the Pale of Settlement, such as census records, tax rolls, and property deeds, indicating the presence of families bearing this surname in the region during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

While the GRINSHPUN surname is not as widespread as some other Ashkenazi Jewish surnames, it has a distinct history and origins rooted in the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe, particularly in the areas that were once part of the Russian Empire.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Grinshpun

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Grinshpun.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Grinshpun was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Grinshpun has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Grinshpun was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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