Grothen Surname

963,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 270 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Grothen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grothen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2051:1,768,092116,364
Denmark201:282,23621,168
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Norway71:734,61250,907
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

The alternate forms: Grothén (11) are calculated separately.

Grothen Last Name Facts

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

Grothen occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Grothén. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grothen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Grothen is the 963,821st most widespread family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 26,990,911 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Grothen are found; 82 percent are found in North America and 82 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 1,768,092. In The United States Grothen is mostly concentrated in: Nebraska, where 31 percent reside, Illinois, where 11 percent reside and Minnesota, where 11 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 7 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.

Grothen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Grothen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Grothen last name grew 1,708 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Grothen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Grothen surname are 29.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 76.09% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Grothen earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 30.34% less than the national average, earning 241,088 kr per year; in United States they earn 0.02% more than the national average, earning $43,158 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.51% more than the national average, earning $53,911 CAD per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Grothen
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