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The Grosjean surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 667 people carried this name — #34,073 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 11% from 602 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Grosjean surname

From gros (“big”) + Jean (“John”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Grosjean» (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 4,419 people named Grosjean.

121 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 90 départements, most often Haute-Saône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 121
Haute-Saône 915
Vosges 658
Paris 347
Meurthe-et-Moselle 320
Doubs 301
Meuse 163
Saône-et-Loire 125
Jura 97

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

906 people named Grosjean live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 333
Vaud 213
Geneva 106
Neuchâtel 64
Zurich 57
Valais 35
Solothurn 17
Fribourg 16

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 850 people named Grosjean 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 Liège.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Liège 608
Brussels-Capital 59
Namur 59
Walloon Brabant 40
Luxembourg Province 36
Flemish Brabant 16
Antwerp 15
Hainaut 9

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 79 people named Grosjean 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 Entre Ríos.

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

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 59
Buenos Aires Province 20

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

Who carried it

People named Grosjean,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jules Grosjean
    Jules Grosjean 1830–1901 · politician
  • Alexandre Grosjean
    Alexandre Grosjean 1851–1922 · politician
  • Émile Grosjean-Maupin
    Émile Grosjean-Maupin 1863–1933 · Esperantist
  • Etienne Grosjean 1697–1763
  • Etienne Grosjean 1744–1807
  • Jean-Romary Grosjean 1815–1888 · composer

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

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