Grisez

surname · Latin script

Meaning: variant spelling of Griset ‘gray’ (see Grise)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɡɹɪsɛz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Grisez is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BEBelgium1 in 59K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 945K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 2.8M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

352 people, 2010

Sources
24 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 59K (inferred from the name graph)

Belgium

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Afrikaans

variant spelling of Griset ‘gray’ (see Grise).

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Grisez 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.

Where Grisez is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States3521 in 945K364Grisez24
BE Belgium1991 in 59K199Grisez4
CH Switzerland31 in 2.8M3——
BR Brazil———Grisez6
ES Spain———Grisez2

352 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

18001850190019502000François Grisez, b. 1841Georges Grisez, b. 1884Sophie Grisez, b. 1888Germain Grisez, b. 1929Joanna Grisez, b. 1996

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)

FormalDear Grisez,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Grisez
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020364#59,889
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010352#57,781
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000300#62,396
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)2008199#8,468
BE BelgiumStatbel — Noms de famille (family names)—193#9,360
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20243#154,370
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

How do you pronounce Grisez?
A machine transcription gives /ɡɹɪsɛz/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Grisez mean?
Recorded meaning: variant spelling of Griset ‘gray’ (see Grise).
In which country does Grisez have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 352 people named Grisez, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled grisez.
Where is Grisez most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Grisez is densest in Belgium — about 1 in 59 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Grisez?
In the United States, the national register counted 352 people named Grisez in 2010, about 1 in 945 thousand residents.

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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, “Grisez”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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