Grieco surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Grieco surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,537 people carried this name — #9,212 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 83,300 people counted. That is down 1% from 3,559 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 918 people named Grieco 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 546
City of Buenos Aires 166
Santa Fe 163
Entre Ríos 29
Córdoba 14

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

193 people named Grieco live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 54
Ticino 22
Aargau 20
Vaud 12
St. Gallen 11
Bern 11
Thurgau 11
Basel-Stadt 9

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 91 people named Grieco.

Most of them — 49 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 49
Bouches-du-Rhône 15
Vaucluse 10
Paris 9
Corsica 5
Var 2
Isère 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Grieco in American newspapers,
1897–1925.

Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Grieco
Le Messager 1897-12-14
Newspaper page from The Daily Worker carrying the name Grieco
The Daily Worker 1925-01-16
Newspaper page from La Libert'a carrying the name Grieco
La Libert'a 1909-01-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 513 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Grieco,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Agrippino Grieco
    Agrippino Grieco 1888–1973 · writer
  • Gaetano Greco 1657–1728 · composer
  • Ruggero Grieco 1893–1955 · politician
  • Ruggero Grieco 1893–1955 · politician
  • Joseph V. Grieco 1915–2006 · politician
  • Sergio Grieco 1917–1982 · screenwriter

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Grieco 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.

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