Grose Surname
Approximately 11,394 people bear this surname
Grose Surname Definition:
(Anglo-French-Latin) Big, Stout [Middle EnglishO.French gros(se, big, great, heavy, thick; Latin gross-us, thick, solid] Hugh le Gros.—Cal. Rot. Orig.
Gros and Grosse are common French surnames.
Grose Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,908 | 1:52,469 | 6,306 |
| Australia | 1,679 | 1:16,078 | 2,265 |
| England | 1,219 | 1:45,708 | 5,760 |
| Canada | 759 | 1:48,545 | 5,894 |
| New Zealand | 188 | 1:24,087 | 4,212 |
| South Africa | 147 | 1:368,556 | 33,364 |
| Jamaica | 95 | 1:30,210 | 2,238 |
| Chile | 71 | 1:248,119 | 7,493 |
| Germany | 68 | 1:1,183,904 | 77,258 |
| Brazil | 63 | 1:3,398,005 | 96,455 |
| Wales | 41 | 1:75,476 | 6,450 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:382,416 | 16,471 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Isle of Man | 8 | 1:10,728 | 2,153 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Norfolk Island | 6 | 1:382 | 64 |
| Guyana | 6 | 1:127,037 | 7,965 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Saint Lucia | 4 | 1:44,695 | 2,207 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 836 | 1:29,157 | 3,933 |
| Isle of Man | 16 | 1:3,392 | 374 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 950 | 1:52,862 | 5,965 |
The alternate forms: Groše (14), Grosé (1) & Gröse (1) are calculated separately.
Grose (39) may also be a first name.
Grose Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-French-Latin) Big, Stout [Middle EnglishO.French gros(se, big, great, heavy, thick; Latin gross-us, thick, solid] Hugh le Gros.—Cal. Rot. Orig.
Gros and Grosse are common French surnames.
Josce, Matthew le Gros, Normandy, 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Crassus, or Le Gros, was a name of the Geroies, Barons of Eschaufour.
Grose was a name well known in the county in the 16th and 17th centuries. The family of Grose or Grosse hailed originally from Liskeard, hut resided afterwards at Camborne and Budock, where they flourished for five generations (A.). Ezekiel Grosse, gent., of Trelodevus, Camborne, bought the manor of Rosemodres in the reign of Elizabeth for £700 (P.). Ezekiel Grosse, attorney - at - law, of Golden, Camborne, and of Rosewarne, in the reign of Charles I., was a commissioner for the county in Cromwell's time (P. and G.). Edward Grose was mayor of Truro in 1674 (P.). Grose is also an old Bodmin name, the earliest form being Le Gros, which was the name of one of the burgesses for the borough in parliament in the reign of Edward I. (M.).
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Grose Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grose Come From? nationality or country of origin
Grose (Russian: Гросе) is found most frequently in The United States. It may be found as a variant: Groše, Grosé or Gröse. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Grose? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 45,537th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 639,595 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Grose are found; 56 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 39 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 6,908 people, or 1 in 52,469. In The United States Grose is most common in: West Virginia, where 8 percent reside, Maryland, where 5 percent reside and North Carolina, where 5 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 50 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 15 percent reside and England, where 11 percent reside.
Grose Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Grose has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 727 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 146 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 820 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Grose Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (80%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Grose surname are 15.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.52% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Grose earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 85.27% more than the national average, earning R 440,280 per year; in United States they earn 3.5% less than the national average, earning $41,639 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.15% more than the national average, earning $52,244 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Grose Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Grose in the Russian language | ||
| Гросе | grose | - |
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Grose Reference & Research
Gross DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Gross FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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