Last Name GRENVILLE

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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.
Origin English, Irish, Austrian

Rank 144,908 (2000 US census)
Count 105 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 83.81%, or 88 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 10.48%, or 11 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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