Grobler Surname

13,337th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41,929 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Grobler Surname Definition:

“Searcher”. From the Dutch “Grobbelen”, to turn over. (Also GROBBELAAR)

Grobler Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa34,3091:1,579192
Mozambique4,9441:5,5141,220
England4131:134,91113,250
Australia4041:66,8217,958
Saudi Arabia3981:77,52710,981
Namibia2961:8,1401,573
United States2411:1,503,979102,346
Germany2041:394,63536,643
New Zealand1671:27,1164,736
Zimbabwe1241:124,50216,668
Slovenia791:31,4906,299
Canada781:472,37940,609
Botswana501:43,7398,388
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Israel171:503,39037,521
Poland111:3,455,341126,214
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Wales61:515,75523,171
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
Ecuador51:3,181,16927,617
Seychelles41:23,0981,012
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Mauritius41:323,35410,053
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
France11:66,422,722504,397
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malta11:430,2723,380
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Gröbler (39) are calculated separately.

Grobler (25) may also be a first name.

Grobler Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Searcher”. From the Dutch “Grobbelen”, to turn over. (Also GROBBELAAR)

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Grobler Last Name Facts

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

Grobler is found most in South Africa. It can be found in the variant forms: Gröbler. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grobler? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 13,337th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 173,807 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Grobler are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 83 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 25 people.

The surname Grobler is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 34,309 people, or 1 in 1,579. In South Africa Grobler is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 38 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 13 percent live and Limpopo, where 10 percent live. Outside of South Africa Grobler is found in 68 countries. It is also common in Mozambique, where 12 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Grobler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Grobler has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Grobler surname rose 6,025 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Grobler Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Grobler are 22.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.23% being registered with the party.

The amount Grobler earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.34% more than the national average, earning R 428,568 per year; in United States they earn 30.04% more than the national average, earning $56,111 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.69% more than the national average, earning $65,428 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gröbler9539/
Groebler9367/
Groobler931/
Groibler931/
Groubler930/
Groble92103/
Grossbler881/
Grabler861,156/
Grübler861,018/
Grebler86253/
Grubler86181/
Grábler8631/
Growler8625/
Grobles861/
Groblet861/
Groblez861/
Grouble860/
Greebler8012/
Grobelle803/
Grublier801/
Grable774,260/
Grobli77215/
Grobla7782/
Grobly7775/
Grubeller751/
Grabley7176/
Grosbellet7160/
Groubly7131/
Grables7111/
Groubli718/
Gravler712/
Groëbli711/
Graable711/
Grablerová711/
Grosswller711/
Greuble711/
Groswiller710/
Grablee710/
Grablet710/
Growwiller710/
Grawler710/
Grabelle6796/
Grosswiller678/
Groblich671/
Grobilla671/
Grobella671/
Gruoblys671/
Grumpler671/
Grabille670/

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