The Gregory surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 91,384 people carried this name — #339 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,230 people counted. That is up 3% from 88,810 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 14 births for the Gregory name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 600 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 216 people named Gregory.
47 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Lot.
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
43 people named Gregory live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Poland’s population register
21 people named Gregory have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 80 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
91 people named Gregory are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Gregory in American newspapers,
1913–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 542,219 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gregory,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Gottfried Gregory 1631–1675 · writer -
James Gregory 1638–1675 · astronomer -
John Gregory 1724–1773 · writer -
James Gregory 1753–1821 · physician -
Francis Gregory 1789–1866 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 165 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gregory.
- Greff 516 · U.S. census
- Grego 1,126 · U.S. census
- Gregoire 5,757 · U.S. census
- Gregor 4,180 · U.S. census
- Gregori 461 · U.S. census
- Gregorio 5,228 · U.S. census
- Greil 125 · U.S. census
- Grein 762 · U.S. census
- Greiner 8,935 · U.S. census
- Grell 1,898 · U.S. census
- Grelle 449 · U.S. census
- Gremaud 188 · U.S. census
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