The Grein surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 762 people carried this name — #30,600 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is down 16% from 910 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Grein surname
From the German surname, from greinen (“to cry, moan”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Grein» (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 64 people named Grein.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 Grein,
with a public archive behind them.
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Christian Wilhelm Michael Grein 1825–1877 · archivist
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Alice Grein 1874–1944 · playwright
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Karl Grein 1881–1957 · military chaplain
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Heinrich Grein 1882–1952 · politician
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Franz Grein 1900–2000 · stonemason
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Walter Grein 1927–2022 · sports official
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Grein.
- Gregoire 5,757 · 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
- Greiner 8,935 · U.S. census
- Grell 1,898 · U.S. census
- Grelle 449 · U.S. census
- Gremaud 188 · U.S. census
- Gremmel 143 · U.S. census
- Grenard 145 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Grein 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.