de Groof Surname

178,423rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,394 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Groof Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Groof Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2,0461:5,619686
Netherlands2851:59,25310,202
Switzerland191:432,25931,718
France81:8,302,840321,660
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

de Groof Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Groof Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Groof is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name de Groof? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 178,423rd most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,044,088 people. The surname de Groof is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of de Groof are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Belgium, where it is carried by 2,046 people, or 1 in 5,619. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 4 percent live and Walloon Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Belgium it is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 12 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.

de Groof Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of de Groof has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the de Groof last name grew 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Grooff9428/
de Groef88395/
de Groff8883/
de Groft883/
De-Groof881/
de Grofft822/
de Graf80100/
de Grow807/
de Grob801/
de Graaf7525,677/
de Graft751,341/
de Graff75289/
de Grouw7573/
der Graf751/
de Groph750/
de Graaff716,026/
de Graffe717/
de Graw67109/
De-Graft632,666/
de Grauw63562/
de Graav63130/
De-Graaf635/
de Graaw635/
de Grauv631/
De-Graff631/
de Graph630/
De-Graaff591/
da Graaff591/
De-Grauw501/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Groof
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