Grooff Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Grooff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grooff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands661:255,86632,556
United States131:27,881,456736,413
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Grooff Last Name Facts

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

Grooff is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Grooff.

How Common Is The Last Name Grooff? popularity and diffusion

Grooff is the 2,007,164th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname Grooff occurs predominantly in Europe, where 77 percent of Grooff reside; 77 percent reside in Western Europe and 77 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Grooff is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 255,866. In The Netherlands Grooff is most common in: North Holland, where 89 percent are found, Utrecht, where 8 percent are found and Flevoland, where 2 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent are found and South Africa, where 8 percent are found.

Grooff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Grooff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Grooff last name expanded 217 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Grooff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Grooff surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

The amount Grooff earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 63.33% less than the national average, earning R 87,132 per year and in United States they earn 5.46% less than the national average, earning $40,792 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Groff9116,549/
Groof91186/
Groffe83151/
Groeff8399/
Grouff8320/
Groiff834/
Grofft831/
Groofe830/
Grof801,441/
D'Groff7714/
Graff7333,931/
Groft731,271/
Grofe73108/
Gruff73100/
Groob7352/
Grouf7324/
Gráff7320/
Groov7317/
Groef7314/
Gropf7310/
Gróff734/
Grosf734/
Grofp733/
Grofz733/
Grofs732/
Grofh731/
Ngrof731/
Growf731/
Groffová711/
Graaff672,680/
Graffe672,389/
Grafft67317/
Grauff6744/
Gruffe6722/
Ghrouf677/
Gruffs672/
Groufs672/
Graffs672/
Grahff671/
Groufe671/
Groovs671/
Ghraff671/
Graëff671/
Grouft670/

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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 Grooff
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