Find out how popular the last name Grantier is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Grantier.

Grantier, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Grantier surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Grantier in America

Grantier is the 99845th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Grantier surname appeared 181 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Grantier.

We can also compare 2010 data for Grantier to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Grantier

The surname GRANTIER has its origins in France, dating back to the Middle Ages. It is believed to have derived from the Old French word "grantier," which referred to a steward or an overseer of a granary or storehouse for grain. The name GRANTIER was likely initially an occupational surname given to individuals who held this role on manorial estates or in villages.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name GRANTIER can be found in the Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de Saint-Père de Chartres, a collection of charters and documents from the Abbey of Saint-Père in Chartres, dating back to the 12th century. In this manuscript, a certain Robertus Grantier is mentioned as a witness to a land transaction in the year 1187.

Another notable historical reference to the name GRANTIER appears in the Livre des Bourgeois de Rouen, a registry of citizens in the city of Rouen, Normandy. In this document, a Guillaume GRANTIER is listed as a resident of the city in the year 1292.

In the 14th century, the surname GRANTIER can be found in various records from the region of Picardy in northern France. For instance, a Jean GRANTIER is mentioned as a landowner in the village of Amiens in a document dated 1348.

During the Renaissance period, the name GRANTIER gained some prominence in the literary and scholarly circles of France. One notable figure was Pierre GRANTIER (1534-1592), a renowned French humanist scholar and poet who served as a tutor to the children of King Henry II of France.

Another individual of note was Jacques GRANTIER (1598-1658), a French lawyer and legal scholar who authored several influential treatises on civil law and jurisprudence.

In the 18th century, the GRANTIER name found its way to North America, with some bearers of the name immigrating to the French colonies in Canada. One such individual was François GRANTIER (1712-1781), a merchant and landowner who settled in the city of Quebec.

As the name GRANTIER spread throughout France and its territories, it also underwent various spelling variations, such as GRANTIÈRE, GRANTIER, and GRANTIER. Some of these variations may have been influenced by regional dialects or scribal errors in historical records.

These examples illustrate the rich history and diverse geographical spread of the surname GRANTIER, which can be traced back to its humble occupational beginnings in medieval France.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Grantier

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Grantier.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Grantier was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Grantier has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Grantier was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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