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The Grosso surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,069 people carried this name — #8,148 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 72,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,083).

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 8,492 people named Grosso 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 3,130
Córdoba 1,865
Santa Fe 1,387
City of Buenos Aires 805
Mendoza 326
La Pampa 176
Entre Ríos 126
San Juan 76

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 923 people named Grosso.

194 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 49 départements, most often Var.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 194
Var 168
Alpes-Maritimes 164
Bouches-du-Rhône 83
Hérault 62
Paris 40
Rhône 36
Isère 32
Savoie 14

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

353 people named Grosso live in Switzerland.

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

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 96
Zurich 67
Ticino 39
Bern 33
Solothurn 22
St. Gallen 21
Geneva 16
Basel-Landschaft 15

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 print

Grosso in American newspapers,
1914–1930.

Newspaper page from Gwiazda Zachodu = Western Star carrying the name Grosso
Gwiazda Zachodu = Western Star 1930-10-24
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Grosso
The Birmingham Age-herald 1915-09-26
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Grosso
The Montgomery Advertiser 1914-08-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,502 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Grosso,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giacomo Grosso
    Giacomo Grosso 1860–1938 · politician
  • Giuseppe Grosso Cacopardo 1789–1858 · lawyer
  • Stefano Grosso 1824–1903 · philologist
  • Stefano Grosso 1824–1903 · philologist
  • Alberto Grosso 1860–1928 · artist
  • Orlando Grosso 1882–1968 · painter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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