The Gros surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,947 people carried this name — #10,809 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 100,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 2,841 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 9,603 people named Gros.
235 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 99 départements, most often Paris.
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
892 people named Gros have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,064 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
281 people named Gros live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 259 people named Gros 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 27 people named Gros 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 Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
39 people named Gros 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
Gros in American newspapers,
1872–1906.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,146,018 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gros,
with a public archive behind them.
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Claude Gros de Boze 1680–1753 · numismatist -
François-Toussaint Gros 1698–1748 · writer -
Bernard Gros 1736–1802 · lawyer -
Joseph-Marie Gros 1742–1792 · politician -
Yvonne Gros d. 1918
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Johannès Gros d. 1937
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gros.
- Grojean 226 · U.S. census
- Groleau 920 · U.S. census
- Groll 1,200 · U.S. census
- Gron 287 · U.S. census
- Grondin 1,851 · U.S. census
- Groppi 190 · U.S. census
- Grosdidier 236 · U.S. census
- Groshens 136 · U.S. census
- Grosjean 667 · U.S. census
- Grosland 102 · U.S. census
- Grosman 398 · U.S. census
- Gross 74,503 · U.S. census
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