Grosset
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Possibly from Old French gros, ‘big, stout’, with diminutive -art ending; no early records support this, and it may be of Dutch origin
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/gʁosɛ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Grosset is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 26K(inferred from the name graph)
- GAGabon≈1 in 72K
- RERéunion≈1 in 77K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 218 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,600 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Possibly from Old French gros, ‘big, stout’, with diminutive -art ending; no early records support this, and it may be of Dutch origin.
Sources 1
- Scottish Surnames
Where in the world(measured from records)
Grosset 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 26K | 422 | Grosset | 218 |
| CH Switzerland | 90 | 1 in 93K | 90 | Grosset | 14 |
| US United States | ≈73 est. | ≈1 in 4.6M | listed | Grosset | 58 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈71 est. | ≈1 in 924K | — | Grosset | 21 |
| CA Canada | ≈70 est. | ≈1 in 541K | — | Grosset | 25 |
| GA Gabon | ≈31 est. | ≈1 in 72K | — | Grosset | 1 |
| RE Réunion | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 77K | — | Grosset | 11 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Grosset is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, diminutive of Gross; first attested Richard Grosset 1279 RH (Oxfordshire)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In Swedish, definite singular of gross
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- André Grossetb. 1751FRFrench politician (1751-1837)
- Alphons Grossetb. 1849LVBaltic German educator (1849-1911)
- Maria Dahlb. 1872DEnot in their usual nameUkrainian born German zoologist (1872-1972)
- Pierre Grossetb. 1953FRFrench politician
- Jean-Marie Grossetb. 1954FRFrench politician
- Maurice Grossetb. 1964FRFrench politician
- Corinne Grossetb. 1970FRFrench politician
- Wilson Grossetb. 1981FRfootballer
- Cathiana Grossetb. 1981FRFrench taekwondo athlete
- Jérôme Grosset-Janinb. 1984FRFrench rally driver
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 12 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 491 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 487 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 429 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 422 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 407 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 386 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 343 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 323 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 271 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 262 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 175 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 90 | #12,009 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- 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 Grosset mean, and where does it come from?
- Possibly from Old French gros, ‘big, stout’, with diminutive -art ending; no early records support this, and it may be of Dutch origin. Recorded by Scottish Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Grosset?
- A machine transcription gives /gʁosɛ/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Grosset have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.6 thousand people named Grosset in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled grosset.
- How common is the name Grosset?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 90 people named Grosset in 2024, about 1 in 93 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/grossetThe 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, “Grosset”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.