Grasset
surname · Latin script
Meaning: plump, chubby
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɡʁasɛ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Grasset is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 122K(measured from records)
- ESSpain1 in 962K
- BEBelgium1 in 1.2M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Grasset itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Switzerland (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 13 (measured from records)
- 1 in 122K (inferred from the name graph)
69 people, 2024
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
plump, chubby
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Grasset counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | 69 | 1 in 122K | 69 | — | — |
| ES Spain | 52 | 1 in 962K | 52 | — | — |
| AR Argentina | 29 | 1 in 1.6M | 29 | — | — |
| BE Belgium | 10 | 1 in 1.2M | 10 | — | — |
| TH Thailand | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 51M | — | Grasset | 13 |
| CR Costa Rica | 1 | 1 in 5.1M | 1 | — | — |
69 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jean-Jacques Grassetb. 1769FRFrench violonist, composer and music director
- Claude Sosthène Grasset d'Orcetb. 1828FRFrench archaeologist and writer
- Eugène Grassetb. 1841FRFrench painter (1845-1917)
- Joseph Grassetb. 1849FRFrench neurologist (1849-1918)
- Bernard Grassetb. 1881FRFrench editor and publisher (1881–1955)
- Raymond Grassetb. 1892FRFrench politician and physician (1892-1968)
- Pierre Grassetb. 1921FRFrench actor (1921-2010)
- Nicole Grassetb. 1927CHSwiss virologist (1927-2009)
- Bernard Grassetb. 1933FRFrench politician
- Léo Grassetb. 1989FRFrench popularizer of science and YouTuber
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 69 | #14,666 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 52 | #43,407 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 52 | #43,157 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 29 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 10 | #71,163 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 1 | #19,749 |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Grasset mean, and where does it come from?
- plump, chubby Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Grasset?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡʁasɛ/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Grasset have the most bearers?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted about 69 people named Grasset, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Grasset most common?
- Grasset is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 122 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Grasset?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 69 people named Grasset in 2024, about 1 in 122 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/grassetThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Grasset”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.