The Gravier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 241 people carried this name — #79,075 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 12% from 273 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,553 people named Gravier.
48 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 90 départements, most often Vosges.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 120 people named Gravier 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 Santa Fe.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Gravier live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Gravier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Gravier de Vergennes 1718–1794 · politician -
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes 1719–1787 · writer -
Armand François de Gravier 1802–1873 · attaché -
Gabriel Gravier 1827–1904 · historian -
Jacques Gravier 1651–1708 · missionary
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Abbé Gravier 1723–1799 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gravier.
- Grave 705 · U.S. census
- Gravel 2,232 · U.S. census
- Gravelin 235 · U.S. census
- Graveline 838 · U.S. census
- Gravelle 2,219 · U.S. census
- Graves 84,179 · U.S. census
- Gravil 123 · U.S. census
- Gravina 648 · U.S. census
- Gray 246,116 · U.S. census
- Grazi 136 · U.S. census
- Grazia 106 · U.S. census
- Graziani 1,253 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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