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Early Origins of the Groulx family

The surname Groulx was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of the Rhone and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility. they also branched into Bohemia in Germany at Mildensee. Here they became ennobled in 1836.

Early History of the Groulx family

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Groulx Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Grollier, Grolier, Gralliers, Groliers, Groller and others.

Early Notables of the Groulx family

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Groulx Ranking

In Quebec, Canada, the name Groulx is the 496th most popular surname. 1

Migration of the Groulx family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Angelique Grollier, whose marriage was on record in Duvernay, Quebec in 1750; Clement Grollier, whose marriage was on record in St-Laurent, Quebec in 1722.



  1. "The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec


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