# Gregoire (surname)

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

A surname from French

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,757 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,976 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 53,630 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.9% (5,387 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From French Grégoire.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gregoire 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gregoire in Belgium and the United States.

## People named Gregoire

- Christine Gregoire, American politician
- Henri Grégoire, Belgian byzantinist (1881-1964)
- Oscar Grégoire, Belgian water polo player (1877–1947)

## Similar surnames

Gregory, Gregorio, Gregor, Gregerson, Greger, Gregorich, Grizzard, Grigoryan, Grigorian, Grasser, Garciahernande, Grieser.

## 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.