Grohe Surname

276,904th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Grohe Surname Definition:

(German) The gray-haired man.

Grohe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6221:129,43015,761
United States2981:1,216,30586,337
Brazil2931:730,62926,722
Austria911:93,57613,671
Switzerland351:234,65519,741
Paraguay131:556,6737,036
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
England11:55,718,059489,080
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1011:497,21535,030

The alternate forms: Grohé (37) & Gröhe (4) are calculated separately.

Grohe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) The gray-haired man.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Grohe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Grohe is found most frequently in Germany. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Grohé or Gröhe. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grohe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 276,904th most common surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 5,205,390 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of Grohe are found; 54 percent are found in Western Europe and 52 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 622 people, or 1 in 129,430. In Germany Grohe is primarily concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 25 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 19 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent reside. Not including Germany it is found in 23 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 21 percent reside and Brazil, where 21 percent reside.

Grohe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Grohe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Grohe surname grew 295 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Grohe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Grohe surname are 1.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.39% being registered with the party.

Grohe earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.96% more than the national average, earning $52,194 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grohé9337/
Gröhe934/
Groher91441/
Grohie919/
Groehe918/
Grohes913/
Groe89542/
N'Grohe831/
Groep801,064/
Groer80495/
Grahe80278/
Groes80272/
Groet80258/
Grohi80108/
Groee802/
Groeh801/
Grooe800/
Groed800/
Grehe800/
Groheová772/
Groetz73206/
Groess73201/
Groesz73112/
Groehs7389/
Grahed7320/
Grahie7317/
Grahet732/
Grohis731/
Groehr731/
Groesh731/
Ghroes731/
Groest731/
Groets731/
Groohi731/
Gröher731/
Grohoa731/
Greehe731/
Grahea730/
Groeth730/
Grooer730/
Grooes730/
Greu67541/
Grae67165/
Ghrahey6760/
Greehey6749/
Grée6736/
Greé6716/
Groetch6714/
Grohoľa673/
Grouish672/
Groesth671/
Greehee670/

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