Last Name GROSVENOR

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Meaning Le grosveneur, the head hunter. It is said that the family descend from an uncle of Rollo, the founder of Normandy, and that the first settler in England was Gilbert le Grosvenor, nephew of Hugh Lupus, earl of Chester, himself nephew of the Conqueror.
A great hunter or the grand huntsman, from the French 'Gros veneur.' The ancestor of the family assumed the name from holding the office of grand huntsman to the Dukes of Normandy.
Origin English, Irish, Austrian

Rank 18,735 (2000 US census) 16,523 (1990 US census)
Count 1,354 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 82.72%, or 1120 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 14.4%, or 195 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.48%, or 20 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.81%, or 11 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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