Groux
surname · Latin script
Meaning: habitational name from any of various places called Le Groux (Charente) or Les Groux (Oise, Yvelines)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/gʀu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Groux is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- FRFrance
- USUnited States
- CHSwitzerland
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
habitational name from any of various places called Le Groux (Charente) or Les Groux (Oise, Yvelines).
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)
- Élisabeth de Grouxb. 1894FRBelgian engraver (1894-1949)
- Francis Grouxb. 1934FRFrench co-founder
- Nathalie Grouxb. 1968FRFrench politician
- Benoît Grouxb. 1969FRFrench politician
- Pilar Grouxb. 1970BOBolivian film producer and costume designer
- Guy GrouxFRFrench political scientist
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 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 271 | #4,824 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 258 | #70,679 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 253 | #80,815 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 243 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 228 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 219 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 211 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 200 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 191 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 187 | #97,210 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 179 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 174 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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 Groux mean, and where does it come from?
- habitational name from any of various places called Le Groux (Charente) or Les Groux (Oise, Yvelines). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Groux?
- A machine transcription gives /gʀu/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Groux have the most bearers?
- Groux is most frequently recorded in France.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Groux”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.