Groep Surname

344,343rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,064 people bear this surname

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

Groep Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Groep Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8091:66,9698,393
Netherlands2461:68,64711,709
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Groep Last Name Facts

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

Groep is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Groep? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 344,343rd most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,849,197 people. The last name Groep is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Groep live; 76 percent live in Southern Africa and 76 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Groep is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 809 people, or 1 in 66,969. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 50 percent live, Western Cape, where 21 percent live and Gauteng, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 23 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.

Groep Last Name Statistics demography

Groep earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 17.05% less than the national average, earning R 197,112 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Groepe91418/
Groeps919/
Groe89542/
Grep8997/
Groeppe833/
Griep804,264/
Group802,320/
Grohe801,400/
Greep80594/
Groer80495/
Groop80426/
Groes80272/
Groet80258/
Grepp8097/
Greup8055/
Groeb8042/
Graep8015/
Groev8012/
Greip8012/
Ghrep809/
Greap804/
Groee802/
Groeh801/
Groed800/
Greph800/
Gruep800/
Grooe800/
Groupe73606/
Groher73441/
Groetz73206/
Groess73201/
Griepp73199/
Groesz73112/
Groehs7389/
Graepp7362/
Greipp7359/
Groupp7349/
Grouev7329/
Groebs7318/
Grohie739/
Groehe738/
Greyps734/
Greeph734/
Ghreep734/
Grohes733/
Grohev732/
Groope732/
Greepp731/
Grayop731/
Groets731/
Groest731/
Groehr731/
Groesh731/
Ghroes731/
Grobpp730/
Graeph730/
Groeth730/
Groebt730/
Grooer730/
Graepe730/
Grooes730/
Gruepp730/
Grob6713,112/
Greb677,570/
Grup67338/
Grae67165/
Groetch6714/
Groupss674/
Grouieb671/
N'Grohe671/
Groesth671/
Grouppe671/
Ghraiep671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Groep
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