The Grando surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 206 people carried this name — #89,753 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 18% from 174 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 413 people named Grando 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 Mendoza.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 259 people named Grando.
85 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
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
65 people named Grando live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
Who carried it
People named Grando,
with a public archive behind them.
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Carles Grandó 1889–1975 · poet
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René Grando 1948–2024 · writer
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Daniel Grando 1948– · ice hockey player
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Alberto Grando 1957– · economist
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Anthony Grando 1969– · politician
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Luigi Grando 1983–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Grando.
- Grandel 176 · U.S. census
- Grandgeorge 163 · U.S. census
- Grandi 371 · U.S. census
- Grandin 367 · U.S. census
- Grandjean 399 · U.S. census
- Grandmaison 505 · U.S. census
- Grandon 582 · U.S. census
- Grandpierre 153 · U.S. census
- Grandpre 490 · U.S. census
- Granell 138 · U.S. census
- Graner 724 · U.S. census
- Granet 132 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Grando is.
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