Groters Surname

857,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 318 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Groters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Groters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1741:97,05315,823
United States1371:2,645,686159,417
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Gröters (190) are calculated separately.

Groters Last Name Facts

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

The last name Groters is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Gröters. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Groters? popularity and diffusion

It is the 857,026th most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 22,916,811 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Groters live; 55 percent live in Western Europe and 55 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 174 people, or 1 in 97,053. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Gelderland, where 60 percent live, Overijssel, where 22 percent live and Utrecht, where 9 percent live. Beside The Netherlands it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 43 percent live and New Zealand, where 1 percent live.

Groters Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Groters surname are 40.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 87.5% being registered to vote for the party.

Groters earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.65% less than the national average, earning $40,278 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gröters95190/
Grooters931,148/
Groeters9379/
Grotaers9328/
Grotters933/
Grothers932/
Grouters931/
Grootaers88244/
Groetaers88225/
Grüters86287/
Gruters86182/
Grotars8630/
Greters866/
Gruyters80478/
Grutters80242/
Gruiters80216/
Groutars80110/
Grütters8074/
Greuters8022/
Groetars803/
Gruthers801/
Gretters800/
Grethers800/
Gruijters75917/
Grootaars759/
Gretars712/
Grétars711/

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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 Groters
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