The Giroux surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,885 people carried this name — #6,882 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 60,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,690 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Giroux surname
Giroux: a surname.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Giroux» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,940 people named Giroux.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 77 départements, most often Saône-et-Loire.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Giroux live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Giroux in American newspapers,
1898.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 34,001 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Giroux,
with a public archive behind them.
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Émile Giroux 1808–1846 · engraver -
Charles Giroux 1861–1940 · printmaker -
Anne Gabrielle Giroux 1750– · painter
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Alphonse Giroux 1776–1848 · cabinetmaker
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Françoise Giroux 1783–1855
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André Giroux 1801–1879 · photographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Giroux.
- Girolami 273 · U.S. census
- Giron 15,786 · U.S. census
- Girona 218 · U.S. census
- Girot 156 · U.S. census
- Girouard 2,941 · U.S. census
- Giroud 131 · U.S. census
- Girres 111 · U.S. census
- Gisbert 146 · U.S. census
- Gispert 195 · U.S. census
- Gittinger 205 · U.S. census
- Giudice 1,042 · U.S. census
- Giudici 358 · U.S. census
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