The Granger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,539 people carried this name — #2,055 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 16,721 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Granger surname
An English surname originating as an occupation for a granger (farm bailiff).
From granger, from grange.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Granger» (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 5,622 people named Granger.
87 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 92 départements, most often 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
220 people named Granger live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 21 people named Granger 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 Tucumán.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Granger in American newspapers,
1902–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 814,274 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Granger,
with a public archive behind them.
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James Granger 1723–1776 · biographer -
Claude Granger d. 1737 · naturalist
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Elsa Granger d. 1955 · actor
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William Granger 1401–1545 · politician
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Thomas Granger 1578–1627 · author
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Benjamin Granger 1589–1687
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Granger.
- 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
- Grange 1,569 · U.S. census
- Granier 1,288 · U.S. census
- Granson 151 · U.S. census
- Grant 142,277 · U.S. census
- Granville 2,608 · U.S. census
- Grappe 170 · U.S. census
- Grappin 132 · U.S. census
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