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    The surname Granville

    A French surname, carried by 2,608 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G651 Also a first name

    Granville: #11,977 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Granville #11,977, 2,608 people Granville: #11,977 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Granville #11,977, 2,608 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Granville is more common than 92.6% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    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”).

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,608 people named Granville in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,384 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,343.

    #11,977
    rank among US surnames
    2,608
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,193)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,968Holtzclaw2,611118,248
    #11,970Tadeo2,610118,293
    #11,971Goodrum2,609118,339
    #11,977Fleshman2,608118,384
    #11,982McCay2,607118,429
    #11,984Laclair2,606118,475

    Who is named Granville

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    53% of people named Granville identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Granvilles

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bonita Granville
      American actress (1923-1988)
    • Evelyn Boyd Granville
      African-American mathematician (1924–2023)
    • George Granville
      1st Baron Lansdowne, 1666–1735
    • Florence Violet McKenzie
      Australian electrical engineer (1890-1982)

    Notable Granvilles come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Granville

    Granville has the Soundex code G651, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G651.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Granville come from?
    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…
    How common is the surname Granville?
    2,608 people in the United States had the surname Granville in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,384 Americans. It ranked 11,977th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Granville?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Granville identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Granville?
    Bonita Granville, American actress (1923-1988), followed by Evelyn Boyd Granville.
    Where is the surname Granville most common?
    Wikidata records people named Granville in the United States and Australia.
    Is the surname Granville getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,343 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,608 in 2010, up 11%.
    Is Granville also a first name?
    Yes. Granville is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.