Gruel surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Gruel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 450 people carried this name — #47,186 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (448).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,038 people named Gruel.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 53 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Seine-Maritime 275
Ille-et-Vilaine 165
Ain 92
Eure 83
Paris 80
Pas-de-Calais 62
Nord 22
Yvelines 20

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 23 people named Gruel 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

Buenos Aires Province 23

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

Who carried it

People named Gruel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Anne-Elisabeth Gruel, Dame des Fossès-Martel d. 1758
  • Guillaume Gruel 1425–1474 · writer
  • Guillaume Gruel 1425–1466 · writer
  • Georg Gruel 1500–1535 · university teacher
  • Pierre-Paul Gruel 1800–1846 · bookbinder
  • Léon Gruel 1840–1923 · writer

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Gruel is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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