The Grasse surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 548 people carried this name — #40,016 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is down 6% from 581 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 113 people named Grasse.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Grasse,
with a public archive behind them.
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Étienne Marc Antoine Joseph de Grasse-Limermont 1725–1790 · Officer of the French Navy -
Herbert Grasse 1910–1942 · printer -
Herbert Grasse 1910–1942 · printer
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Mathilde Elisabeth Grasse d. 1881 · Protestant missionary
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Gottfried Grasse 1624–1662 · pastor
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Kaspar Grasse 1639–1721 · theologian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Grasse.
- Grant 142,277 · U.S. census
- Granville 2,608 · U.S. census
- Grappe 170 · U.S. census
- Grappin 132 · U.S. census
- Gras 650 · U.S. census
- Grass 4,567 · U.S. census
- Grasser 1,577 · U.S. census
- Grassi 2,629 · U.S. census
- Grasso 7,894 · U.S. census
- Grat 122 · U.S. census
- Grathwohl 364 · U.S. census
- Gratias 116 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Grasse 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.