Grote Surname
Approximately 21,718 people bear this surname
Grote Surname Definition:
(Low German) Great, Big, Tall [Dutch groot (pron. grote)-O.LowGer. grót] Roger le Grote.—Hand. Rolls.
Grote Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 14,770 | 1:5,451 | 655 |
| United States | 5,892 | 1:61,517 | 7,211 |
| Netherlands | 280 | 1:60,311 | 10,392 |
| England | 136 | 1:409,692 | 28,019 |
| Philippines | 69 | 1:1,467,221 | 103,651 |
| Austria | 60 | 1:141,924 | 19,117 |
| Brazil | 57 | 1:3,755,690 | 104,031 |
| Canada | 47 | 1:783,949 | 61,790 |
| Denmark | 46 | 1:122,711 | 11,225 |
| Sweden | 44 | 1:223,790 | 15,522 |
| South Africa | 42 | 1:1,289,945 | 71,309 |
| Switzerland | 35 | 1:234,655 | 19,741 |
| Latvia | 34 | 1:60,295 | 9,027 |
| Australia | 32 | 1:843,616 | 52,533 |
| Argentina | 28 | 1:1,526,550 | 84,030 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Chile | 12 | 1:1,468,040 | 24,959 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 47 | 1:518,625 | 27,981 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,023 | 1:49,090 | 5,590 |
Grote (39) may also be a first name.
Grote Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Low German) Great, Big, Tall [Dutch groot (pron. grote)-O.LowGer. grót] Roger le Grote.—Hand. Rolls.
Perhaps Dutch groot, big of stature. See Groot. Grote without prefix is in H.R.
The lands of William Grout at Goudere, Normandy, were confiscated by Philip Augustus (Mem. Soc. Ant. Norm. v. 159). William Grote, England, c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
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Grote Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grote Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Grote (Russian: Гроте) is most common in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Grote? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 24,859th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 335,553 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Grote live; 70 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe. Grote is also the 1,637,361st most frequent first name internationally, held by 39 people.
This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 14,770 people, or 1 in 5,451. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 41 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 34 percent live and Berlin, where 4 percent live. Beside Germany this last name occurs in 50 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.
Grote Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Grote has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Grote surname grew 576 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 289 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Grote Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Lutheran (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Grote last name are 25.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.81% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Grote earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 117.18% more than the national average, earning R 516,096 per year; in United States they earn 9.97% more than the national average, earning $47,450 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.93% more than the national average, earning $51,137 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Grote Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Grote in the Russian language | ||
| Гроте | grote | - |
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