Popularity of the last name by country

Belgium

• Liège (1,306)
• West-Vlaanderen (515)
• Namur (507)
• Luxembourg (429)
• Hainaut (344)
• Antwerpen (336)
• Bruxelles-Capitale | Brussel-Hoofdstad (295)
• Vlaams-Brabant (180)
• Oost-Vlaanderen (136)
• Brabant wallon (107)
• Limburg (60)

All countries

• France (975,461)
• Germany (27,125)
• Spain (14,182)
• Netherlands (9,309)
• Switzerland (6,499)
• Belgium (4,479)
• United States (4,210)
• Algeria (3,970)
• United Kingdom (3,131)
• Martinique (2,957)
• Austria (2,422)
• Italy (2,125)
• Canada (2,110)
• Hungary (2,031)
• Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (1,180)
• Unknown country (948)
• Romania (634)
• Denmark (488)
• Luxembourg (403)
• Latvia (388)
• Poland (371)
• Morocco (364)
• Ireland (334)
• Madagascar (292)
• Czech republic (291)
• Sweden (282)
• Slovenia (273)
• Finland (229)
• New Zealand (225)
• Réunion (186)
• Guadeloupe (180)
• Viet Nam (180)
• Australia (179)
• Tunisia (161)
• Egypt (143)
• Turkey (125)
• Argentina (112)
• Russian Federation (110)
• Norway (103)
• New Caledonia (90)

Origine of last name

GROS : 1: French: nickname for a large or fat man from Old French gros ‘big fat’ from Late Latin grossus of ancient Germanic origin. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Legros">Legros</a>.2: Jewish (Ashkenazic) and English (Middlesex of Norman origin): variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Gross">Gross</a>.3: Slovenian Polish Czech Slovak and Croatian: from German <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Gross">Gross</a> often applied as a translation into German of corresponding Slavic nicknames or surnames.4: Croatian and Czech (Groš): nickname from groš ‘groschen’ the name of a medieval thick silver coin and later e.g. in Austria of a coin of a small value (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Grosh">Grosh</a>).