# Granville (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/granville/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname from Old French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,608 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,977 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 118,384 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (2,343 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The commune of France is from Old French Granville, Grandvilla, Grande Villa, Grandivilla, from grant (“grand”) + ville (“settlement”). The surname is of Norman baronial origin, from Grainville, a former commune in Normandy, from the given name Guarin + ville, meaning “Guarin's town”. Guarin ultimately derives from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Granville in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 53% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 40% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Granville in the United States and Australia.

## People named Granville

- Bonita Granville, American actress (1923-1988)
- Evelyn Boyd Granville, African-American mathematician (1924–2023)
- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
- Florence Violet McKenzie, Australian electrical engineer (1890-1982)

## Similar surnames

Granberry, Greenberg, Greenfield, Greenbaum, Greenblatt, Grinberg, Greenup.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.