The Gregoire surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,757 people carried this name — #5,976 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 5,387 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Gregoire surname
From French Grégoire.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gregoire» (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 8,159 people named Gregoire.
212 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 101 départements, most often Paris.
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 3,272 people named Gregoire 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 Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 101 people named Gregoire 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.
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
95 people named Gregoire live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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.
In print
Gregoire in American newspapers,
1897–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,910 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gregoire,
with a public archive behind them.
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Christine Gregoire 1947– · lawyer -
T. G. Gregoire 1949– · professor
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Philippe Gregoire 1949– · official
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Alain Gregoire 1958– · researcher
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Roly Gregoire 1958– · association football player
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Michael Gregoire 1965–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gregoire.
- Greck 136 · U.S. census
- Greco 17,150 · U.S. census
- Greder 139 · U.S. census
- Green 430,182 · U.S. census
- Greff 516 · U.S. census
- Grego 1,126 · U.S. census
- Gregor 4,180 · U.S. census
- Gregori 461 · U.S. census
- Gregorio 5,228 · U.S. census
- Gregory 91,384 · U.S. census
- Greil 125 · U.S. census
- Grein 762 · U.S. census
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