Last Name GRANVILLE

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Meaning	Local: Of Grenville, doubtless the same as Granville, a familiar seaport of Lower Normandy. The Grenviles of Wootton, county BUcks, descend from Richard de Grenville, who came in with the Conqueror in the train of Walter Gifard, Earl of Longueville and Buckingham. Local: A town in France on the English channel, 'Grande-ville' - the great town or city. 'De GrandviSe.'

Origin	English, French, Irish, Haitian, Belgian

Rank	12,193 (2000 US census)	8,926 (1990 US census)

Count	2,343 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

55.61%, or 1303 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
38.8%, or 909 total occurrences, as black,
0.6%, or 14 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.26%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.6%, or 61 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.13%, or 50 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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