The Grell surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,898 people carried this name — #15,434 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 156,300 people counted. That is up 16% from 1,643 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
125 people named Grell have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 144 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 82 people named Grell.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
29 people named Grell live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 the Nordic population registers
70 people named Grell is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Grell in American newspapers,
1889–1901.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,692 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Grell,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eduard Grell 1800–1886 · composer -
Burkhard Grell d. 1941 · author
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Gustav Grell d. 1915 · soldier
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Willi Grell d. 1918 · soldier
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Ernst Grell d. 1918 · soldier
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Carl Friedrich Grell 1764–1840 · teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Grell.
- 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
- Greiner 8,935 · U.S. census
- Grelle 449 · U.S. census
- Gremaud 188 · U.S. census
- Gremmel 143 · U.S. census
- Grenard 145 · U.S. census
- Grene 131 · U.S. census
- Grenet 118 · U.S. census
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