Groof Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bahrain
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Groof Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Groof Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bahrain1181:11,4292,102
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Netherlands211:804,15159,518
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Groof (62) may also be a first name.

Groof Last Name Facts

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

Groof is carried by more people in Bahrain than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Groof? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,244,200th most common family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 81 percent of Groof live; 80 percent live in West Asia and 79 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 1,246,114th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 62 people.

Groof is most numerous in Bahrain, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 11,429. Excluding Bahrain this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 16 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 11 percent are found.

Groof Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Groof has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Groof surname decreased 70 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grooff9187/
Groofe910/
Grof891,441/
Groff8016,549/
Groft801,271/
Grofe80108/
Groob8052/
Grouf8024/
Groov8017/
Groef8014/
Gropf8010/
Grosf804/
Grofz803/
Grofp803/
Grofs802/
Growf801/
Grofh801/
Ngrof801/
Groffe73151/
Groeff7399/
Grouff7320/
Ghrouf737/
Groiff734/
Groufs732/
Groovs731/
Grofft731/
Groufe731/
Grouft730/
Graf67146,788/
Grob6713,112/
Grow677,483/
Gróf672,269/
Gráf67668/
Grov67656/
Gruf6753/
Grofova6732/
D'Groff6714/
Groowth671/
Gròf671/
Geerhof671/

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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 Groof
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