Groome Surname
Approximately 3,333 people bear this surname
Groome Surname Definition:
(English) Lad, Churl, Servant (Middle English grom(e,groome, lad, servant, from the Low German word of which Middle Dutch grom, Old Norse grom-r, lad, are representatives: Old French grom(m)e, diminutive gromet, servant, is prob. from the same source] Ac [and] Gloton was a gret cherl.
Read More About This SurnameGroome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,495 | 1:242,447 | 23,140 |
| England | 922 | 1:60,432 | 7,163 |
| Ireland | 246 | 1:19,142 | 2,009 |
| Canada | 242 | 1:152,255 | 15,495 |
| South Africa | 117 | 1:463,057 | 38,677 |
| Australia | 87 | 1:310,295 | 26,919 |
| New Zealand | 85 | 1:53,274 | 8,505 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 43 | 1:31,720 | 3,224 |
| Scotland | 38 | 1:140,890 | 8,524 |
| Wales | 22 | 1:140,661 | 10,115 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Cayman Islands | 3 | 1:21,298 | 1,488 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 73 | 1:60,683 | 4,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 468 | 1:52,084 | 6,304 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 157 | 1:319,864 | 25,024 |
Groome Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Lad, Churl, Servant (Middle English grom(e,groome, lad, servant, from the Low German word of which Middle Dutch grom, Old Norse grom-r, lad, are representatives: Old French grom(m)e, diminutive gromet, servant, is prob. from the same source] Ac [and] Gloton was a gret cherl.
‘I, Gloton,’ quod [quoth] the grom, ‘ Gilty me yelde,’—Piers Plowman, 3193, 3221-2 Lord and lady, grome and wenche.—Chaucer, Hous of Fame, 206.
The shepheard swaines that did about him play...
One of those groomes (a jolly groome was he As ever piped on an oaten reed . . .) Spenser, Colin Clout, 6, 12-13.
Groome Demographics
Average Male Groome Height
179.6 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Groome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Groome Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Groome is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Groome? popularity and diffusion
It is the 134,973rd most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,186,482 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Groome are found; 52 percent are found in North America and 51 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
Groome is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 1,495 people, or 1 in 242,447. In The United States Groome is most frequent in: Virginia, where 19 percent are found, North Carolina, where 12 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in 28 countries. It is also found in England, where 28 percent are found and Ireland, where 7 percent are found.
Groome Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Groome has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Groome surname increased 952 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 197 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 337 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 1,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Groome Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Groome last name is chiefly Catholic (88%) in Ireland.
In The United States Groome are 19.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.78% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Groome earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 152.33% more than the national average, earning R 599,640 per year; in United States they earn 8.9% more than the national average, earning $46,989 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.95% more than the national average, earning $53,635 CAD per year.
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Groome Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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