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The Grall surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 578 people carried this name — #38,332 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is down 6% from 616 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Grall surname

Borrowed from French or German Grall.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Grall» (English), 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 2,294 people named Grall.

32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 63 départements, most often Finistère.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 32
Finistère 1,633
Paris 106
Morbihan 63
Côtes-d’Armor 63
Bas-Rhin 50
Ille-et-Vilaine 27
Charente-Maritime 23
Var 23

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

53 people named Grall is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 53

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Grall,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Olivier Grall 1683– · gilder
  • Charles Grall 1851–1924 · physician
  • Alain Yves Jacques Grall 1907–1999
  • Xavier Grall 1930–1981 · writer
  • Sébastien Grall 1954–2013 · screenwriter
  • Charlie Grall 1955–2026 · journalist

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Grall is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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