Groth Surname

16,437th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33,789 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Greenland

Groth Surname Definition:

(German) The large or fat man.

Groth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany16,6501:4,835577
United States9,4241:38,4614,743
Denmark1,6371:3,448296
Brazil1,5031:142,4315,445
Australia1,2581:21,4592,979
Poland1,0341:36,7595,705
Sweden8301:11,8641,033
Norway3381:15,2141,812
Switzerland2851:28,8174,395
Canada1851:199,16519,489
Mexico1081:1,149,31714,171
England1041:535,75133,356
Chile391:451,70411,842
Argentina311:1,378,82078,351
Finland311:177,31315,564
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Paraguay271:268,0284,505
Austria271:315,38635,058
Netherlands241:703,63256,027
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Singapore211:262,27211,611
France181:3,690,151224,666
Greenland181:3,132341
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
China31:455,773,85521,925
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
Wales61:261,4039,165
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8611:58,3266,471

Groth (40) may also be a first name.

Groth Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) The large or fat man.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Groth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Groth is most common in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Groth click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Groth? popularity and diffusion

It is the 16,437th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 215,678 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Groth are found; 50 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Groth is also the 1,614,485th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 40 people.

Groth is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 16,650 people, or 1 in 4,835. In Germany Groth is most frequent in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 24 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent reside and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Germany this surname exists in 62 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent reside and Denmark, where 5 percent reside.

Groth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Groth has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Groth last name rose 1,095 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 612 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Groth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Groth surname are 18.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.81% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Groth earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 0.8% more than the national average, earning 348,848 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 3.59% more than the national average, earning R 246,168 per year; in United States they earn 10.12% more than the national average, earning $47,517 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.39% less than the national average, earning $47,003 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grothe9112,326/
Grotch9120/
Grooth9111/
Grouth918/
Grotth912/
Grothh911/
Groths910/
Grot893,331/
Grotsch8368/
Groutch8368/
Groitch834/
Grote8021,718/
Groot8017,847/
Grout806,671/
Grott801,459/
Grath80846/
Grodt80272/
Grots80185/
Grost80169/
Groht80145/
Gruot8061/
Groit8011/
Groyt802/
Gráth801/
Groutsch7785/
Groitsch775/
Grottsch771/
Groustch770/
Groote731,522/
Grotte73701/
Grotts73365/
Gratch73262/
Grootz73101/
Groust7383/
Grauth7353/
Groutt7330/
Grathe7316/
Groute7315/
Groodt739/
Cgrath736/
Ghrote734/
Grosst733/
Groste733/
Groots733/
Grouts733/
Grocht732/
Grohte732/
Groudt732/
Groutz732/
Ghrath731/
Grathø731/
Grathz731/
Grhoit730/
Graths730/
Grod67987/
Grat67492/
Gratsch67256/
Grotova6769/
Grootte6746/
Groć6712/
Ncgrath678/
Grát677/
Groč676/
Grauthe676/
Grotová673/
Groutte672/
Grodtte670/
Geerhot670/

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