In order to get some idea of where people named Grivel live, I have searched through on-line telephone directories worldwide. Specifically the www.infobel.be site has been a great help here.
Of course, a telephone directory gives only an indication of how many people with a given name live in that country. I would expect it to be a pretty good indication, however, and so I have presented the results of this survey on this page.
The countries listed here are the ones for which I could do a search of the 'White Pages' on-line. If a country is not listed, there may not be an on-line directory available, or the on-line directory may only be searchable per city. In some cases, like Bulgaria, Greece and Israel, the on-line directories use a non-Latin alphabet, in which case a search for a Latin alphabet name like Grivel would be meaningless.
Many important countries are not listed yet. I hope to add information on them in the future.
| Country | Count | Remarks |
| Andorra | 0 | |
| Anguilla | 0 | |
| Argentina | 21 | |
| Australia | 0 | |
| Austria | 0 | |
| Barbados | 0 | |
| Belgium | 0 | |
| Canada | 16 | |
| Cayman Islands | 0 | |
| Cuba | 0 | |
| Denmark | 1 | Jean-Claude Grivel, not found in the telephone directory, he contacted me by Email; see also the Contact Other Grivels page. |
| Dominica | 0 | |
| Estonia | 0 | |
| France | 624 | See also Grivel in France. |
| Gambia | 0 | |
| Germany | 1 | The only Grivel listed in Germany is also found in the Grivel Link Project: prof. dr. Charles Grivel. |
| Guam | 0 | |
| Hong Kong | 0 | |
| Iceland | 0 | |
| Ireland | 0 | |
| Italy | 37 | |
| Jamaica | 0 | |
| Luxembourg | 0 | |
| Macedonia | 0 | |
| Malaysia | 0 | |
| Monaco | 0 | |
| Montserrat | 0 | |
| Netherlands | 5 | These are my father, my brother and my cousins. |
| New Zealand | 0 | |
| Peru | 0 | |
| Spain | 3 | |
| St. Lucia | 0 | |
| St. Vincent | 0 | |
| Switzerland | 295 | See also Grivel in Switzerland. |
| Turks & Caicos Islands | 0 | |
| United Kingdom | 0 | There are a number of Grivells (with double 'l') listed here. |
| United States | 18 | |
| Virgin Islands (Brit.) | 0 |
