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The Grenier surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,509 people carried this name — #5,345 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,429 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Grenier surname

An occupational surname, Grenier.

Occupational surname from grenier (“granary”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Grenier» (French), 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 6,799 people named Grenier.

80 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 96 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 80
Seine-Maritime 611
Paris 514
Gironde 365
Pas-de-Calais 294
Puy-de-Dôme 264
Aisne 250
Rhône 236
Eure 203

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 240 people named Grenier 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 Hainaut.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 133
Liège 58
Walloon Brabant 33
Namur 10
Brussels-Capital 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 104 people named Grenier 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 Chubut.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Chubut 86
Buenos Aires Province 18

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

101 people named Grenier live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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

Vaud 36
Geneva 34
Fribourg 14
Valais 13
Zurich 4

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

Grenier in American newspapers,
1885–1908.

Newspaper page from The Sully County Watchman carrying the name Grenier
The Sully County Watchman 1885-11-21
Newspaper page from Canton Weekly Register carrying the name Grenier
Canton Weekly Register 1907-11-07
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Grenier
The Salt Lake Herald 1908-10-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,239 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Grenier,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dominique Grenier d. 1347 · Catholic priest
  • Dominique Grenier d. 1342 · Catholic priest
  • Eustache I Granier 1001–1123 · feudatory
  • Balian Grenier 1195–1239 · feudatory
  • Juliana Grenier 1200– · politician
  • Guy Grenier 1200–1176

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Grenier.

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