Groot Surname
Approximately 17,847 people bear this surname
Groot Surname Definition:
In 1496 William de St. Clair, earl of Caithness, granted to John Grot, son of Hugh Grot, a charter of one pennyland in Duncansbay, Caithness (Calder, Sketches of history of Caithness, 1861, p. 245). The name is also found in Fife, and till within recent years it was common in Dysart, being found there so early as 1545, when Christinn Grott and Walter Grote appear in record, and Henricus Grot in 1571 (Dysart, p.
Read More About This SurnameGroot Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 14,451 | 1:1,169 | 57 |
| United States | 859 | 1:421,955 | 36,547 |
| Canada | 625 | 1:58,953 | 6,943 |
| Germany | 440 | 1:182,967 | 21,357 |
| Australia | 372 | 1:72,569 | 8,540 |
| Denmark | 147 | 1:38,399 | 4,009 |
| New Zealand | 135 | 1:33,543 | 5,806 |
| France | 119 | 1:558,174 | 75,634 |
| England | 97 | 1:574,413 | 34,909 |
| South Africa | 78 | 1:694,586 | 49,962 |
| Belgium | 69 | 1:166,618 | 22,787 |
| Brazil | 67 | 1:3,195,139 | 92,032 |
| Norway | 46 | 1:111,789 | 14,873 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Thailand | 42 | 1:1,681,865 | 216,672 |
| Aruba | 32 | 1:3,234 | 449 |
| Spain | 31 | 1:1,508,130 | 46,256 |
| Mexico | 19 | 1:6,532,958 | 32,927 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Ecuador | 9 | 1:1,767,316 | 20,027 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 153 | 1:328,227 | 25,501 |
Groot (151) may also be a first name.
Groot Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
In 1496 William de St. Clair, earl of Caithness, granted to John Grot, son of Hugh Grot, a charter of one pennyland in Duncansbay, Caithness (Calder, Sketches of history of Caithness, 1861, p. 245). The name is also found in Fife, and till within recent years it was common in Dysart, being found there so early as 1545, when Christinn Grott and Walter Grote appear in record, and Henricus Grot in 1571 (Dysart, p. 14, 15, 36). Hugo Grot was chaplain in Wick in 1530 (Trials, I, p. 149), and William Grot was retoured heir of Malcolm Grot of Tankernes, his grandfather, in 1632 (Retours, Orkney, 18). The name is most probably from Low German or Dutch groot (pron. grote), 'great, tall.' Robert Mackay, History of the house of Mackay, 1829, has a silly story of the origin of the name. Groit 1630. Grott 1726.
(Dutch) The big, or tall, man; one who came from Groot (large place) in Holland.
See Money-or perhaps the same as Grote.
Originally De Groot, (that is the great or big) from Holland. The real surname of the illustrious Grotius. The connection between the Dutch and English Groots is sufficiently shewn in one of Dr. Johnson's letters to his friend, Dr. Vyse, of Lambeth. "I doubt not but you will readily forgive me for taking the liberty of requesting your assistance in recommending an old friend to his Grace the Archbishop, as Governor of the Charter-House. His name is De Groot; he was bom in Gloucester; I have known him many years. He has all the common claims to charity, being old, poor, and infirm in a great degree. He has likewise another claim, to which no scholar can refuse attention; he is by several descents the nephew of Hugo Grotius-of him from whom perhaps every man of learning has learnt something. Let it not be said in any lettered country that a nephew of Grotius asked a charity and was refused. I am, reverend sir, your most humble servant, Sam. Johnson. July 9, 1777."
(Dutch.) Local. Large, great, the great man. Groot is also a name of a town in Holland, whence the surname may be derived—the great town, De Groot.
User-submitted Reference
This is a Dutch surname, denoting a big/tall person.
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Groot Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Groot Come From? nationality or country of origin
Groot (Russian: Гроот) occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Groot.
How Common Is The Last Name Groot? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 29,945th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 408,335 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Groot live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe. Groot is also the 749,223rd most frequently occurring given name at a global level, borne by 151 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 14,451 people, or 1 in 1,169. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Holland, where 49 percent live, South Holland, where 12 percent live and Gelderland, where 11 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this surname occurs in 59 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.
Groot Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Groot has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Groot last name rose 561 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,940 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Groot Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Groot are 31.84% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 78.61% being registered with the party.
The amount Groot earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 8.66% less than the national average, earning 316,126 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 6.05% more than the national average, earning R 252,012 per year; in Colombia they earn 60.25% less than the national average, earning $9,023,740 COP per year; in United States they earn 15.55% more than the national average, earning $49,860 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.54% more than the national average, earning $51,941 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groote | 91 | 1,522 | / |
| Grootz | 91 | 101 | / |
| Grooth | 91 | 11 | / |
| Groodt | 91 | 9 | / |
| Groots | 91 | 3 | / |
| Grot | 89 | 3,331 | / |
| Groo | 89 | 2,097 | / |
| Grootte | 83 | 46 | / |
| Groth | 80 | 33,789 | / |
| Grote | 80 | 21,718 | / |
| Grout | 80 | 6,671 | / |
| Groos | 80 | 4,161 | / |
| Grott | 80 | 1,459 | / |
| Groop | 80 | 426 | / |
| Grodt | 80 | 272 | / |
| Groet | 80 | 258 | / |
| Grots | 80 | 185 | / |
| Grost | 80 | 169 | / |
| Groht | 80 | 145 | / |
| Gruot | 80 | 61 | / |
| Grood | 80 | 55 | / |
| Grooz | 80 | 12 | / |
| Groit | 80 | 11 | / |
| Ghroo | 80 | 9 | / |
| Grooß | 80 | 6 | / |
| Groyt | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ngroo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Grooe | 80 | 0 | / |
| Grootová | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gro | 75 | 382 | / |
| Grothe | 73 | 12,326 | / |
| Grotte | 73 | 701 | / |
| Grotts | 73 | 365 | / |
| Grooss | 73 | 184 | / |
| Groust | 73 | 83 | / |
| Groutt | 73 | 30 | / |
| Grotch | 73 | 20 | / |
| Groute | 73 | 15 | / |
| Grouth | 73 | 8 | / |
| Grooch | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ghrote | 73 | 4 | / |
| Groosh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Grouts | 73 | 3 | / |
| Groste | 73 | 3 | / |
| Grosst | 73 | 3 | / |
| Groutz | 73 | 2 | / |
| Grotth | 73 | 2 | / |
| Groudt | 73 | 2 | / |
| Grohte | 73 | 2 | / |
| Grocht | 73 | 2 | / |
| Grothh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghroos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghrood | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghrooz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Groths | 73 | 0 | / |
| Groeth | 73 | 0 | / |
| Grhoit | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gros | 67 | 35,989 | / |
| Groh | 67 | 16,997 | / |
| Grou | 67 | 1,806 | / |
| Grod | 67 | 987 | / |
| Groz | 67 | 704 | / |
| Grut | 67 | 600 | / |
| Grat | 67 | 492 | / |
| Groy | 67 | 310 | / |
| Grohová | 67 | 310 | / |
| Grop | 67 | 257 | / |
| Groš | 67 | 131 | / |
| Groś | 67 | 99 | / |
| Grodová | 67 | 91 | / |
| Grgo | 67 | 78 | / |
| Grňo | 67 | 72 | / |
| Grotova | 67 | 69 | / |
| Groutch | 67 | 68 | / |
| Grotsch | 67 | 68 | / |
| Groj | 67 | 39 | / |
| Groa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Ghrooyi | 67 | 19 | / |
| Groňová | 67 | 14 | / |
| Groi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Groć | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gëro | 67 | 11 | / |
| Grohova | 67 | 10 | / |
| Grodova | 67 | 9 | / |
| Groň | 67 | 7 | / |
| Grát | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ghro | 67 | 6 | / |
| Groč | 67 | 6 | / |
| Groiova | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ngro | 67 | 5 | / |
| Groitch | 67 | 4 | / |
| Grotová | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ggro | 67 | 3 | / |
| Groutte | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kgro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gruo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grđo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cgro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geerhot | 67 | 0 | / |
| Grodtte | 67 | 0 | / |
Groot Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Groot in the Russian language | ||
| Гроот | groot | - |
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