The Grassi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,629 people carried this name — #11,907 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 112,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 2,566 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,260 people named Grassi 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
792 people named Grassi live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 729 people named Grassi.
219 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 56 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 20 people named Grassi live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Grassi in American newspapers,
1884–1958.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,739 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Grassi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Achille Grassi 1456–1523 · judge -
Antonio Grassi 1592–1671 · Catholic priest -
Nicolò Grassi 1682–1748 · painter -
Josef Grassi 1755–1838 · painter -
Anton Grassi 1755–1807 · sculptor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 197 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Grassi.
- Grappe 170 · U.S. census
- Grappin 132 · U.S. census
- Gras 650 · U.S. census
- Grass 4,567 · U.S. census
- Grasse 548 · U.S. census
- Grasser 1,577 · U.S. census
- Grasso 7,894 · U.S. census
- Grat 122 · U.S. census
- Grathwohl 364 · U.S. census
- Gratias 116 · U.S. census
- Gratiot 101 · U.S. census
- Graton 204 · U.S. census
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