The Grill surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,246 people carried this name — #9,940 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,137 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 422 people named Grill 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 339 people named Grill.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Poland’s population register
96 people named Grill have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 142 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
40 people named Grill live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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
183 people named Grill 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
Grill in American newspapers,
1901–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 221,686 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Grill,
with a public archive behind them.
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Baltzar Grill d. 1697 · goldsmith -
Claes Grill 1705–1767 · businessperson
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Johan Abraham Grill 1719–1799 · businessperson -
Balthasar Grill 1568–1617 · goldsmith
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Georg II. Grill 1579–1638 · monk
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Georg II. Grill 1580–1638 · monk
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Grill.
- Griffith 78,260 · U.S. census
- Griffiths 14,805 · U.S. census
- Griffon 420 · U.S. census
- Grignon 683 · U.S. census
- Grigorian 1,240 · U.S. census
- Grigoryan 1,937 · U.S. census
- Grille 114 · U.S. census
- Grilli 937 · U.S. census
- Grillo 6,355 · U.S. census
- Grillot 499 · U.S. census
- Grim 7,418 · U.S. census
- Grima 461 · U.S. census
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