Grice Family Crest and Last Name Background

Grice shows up clearly in official surname statistics. In the 2010 US Census, 8,914 Americans gave Grice as their last name (rank 3,984).

Grice coat of arms

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Grice family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them.

Where the name comes from

Local archives often hold baptisms and marriages that never reached online indexes. Standard surname dictionaries do not settle the origin of Grice, so we research it family by family rather than guess.

Names that sound alike, such as Grace, are easily confused in old records. Want more than a summary? See the Grice family name pack.