The Grimm surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 22,103 people carried this name — #1,630 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 21,757 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,069 people named Grimm live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 602 people named Grimm.
64 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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
106 people named Grimm have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 187 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 75 people named Grimm 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
116 people named Grimm are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Grimm in American newspapers,
1911–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 99,292 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Grimm,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Caspar Grimm 1663–1728 · physician -
Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm 1723–1807 · writer -
Jacob Grimm 1785–1863 · writer -
Wilhelm Grimm 1786–1859 · writer -
Ludwig Emil Grimm 1790–1863 · printmaker
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 174 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Grimm.
- Grima 461 · U.S. census
- Grimaldi 4,349 · U.S. census
- Grimard 399 · U.S. census
- Grimaud 308 · U.S. census
- Grimberg 283 · U.S. census
- Grime 613 · U.S. census
- Grimmer 1,975 · U.S. census
- Grin 222 · U.S. census
- Grinberg 1,261 · U.S. census
- Grindel 286 · U.S. census
- Grine 561 · U.S. census
- Griner 4,117 · U.S. census
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