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The Grandi surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 371 people carried this name — #55,386 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is down 4% from 388 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Grandi surname

From grande (“big, tall”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Grandi» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,248 people named Grandi live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 426
Córdoba 242
Santa Fe 161
City of Buenos Aires 143
Entre Ríos 60
Tucumán 45
Neuquén 44
San Juan 38

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

271 people named Grandi live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 166
Valais 22
Zurich 16
Vaud 13
Geneva 12
Bern 11
Aargau 8
Graubünden 8

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 245 people named Grandi.

72 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 72
Bouches-du-Rhône 29
Alpes-Maritimes 21
Corsica 19
Meurthe-et-Moselle 13
Vaucluse 11
Paris 10
Var 8
Hérault 7

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

Who carried it

People named Grandi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alessandro Grandi
    Alessandro Grandi 1590–1630 · composer
  • Gaspare Grandi d. 1856 · lawyer
  • Ercole Grandi 1463–1531 · architect
  • Ercole Grandi 1463–1525 · architect
  • Ercole Grandi 1465–1531 · architect
  • Ercole Grandi 1465–1525 · architect

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

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Surnames next to Grandi.

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