Groves Surname

9,301st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60,993 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Groves Surname Definition:

Genit., or pl., of Grove, q.v.

Groves Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States32,8391:11,0371,360
England13,9661:3,990531
Australia6,6491:4,060584
Canada3,0261:12,1761,805
Wales8271:3,742408
South Africa7281:74,4209,253
New Zealand6131:7,3871,263
Jamaica4911:5,845740
Scotland3351:15,9821,980
Ireland3151:14,9491,706
Northern Ireland2131:8,6621,431
Israel951:90,08010,606
Panama801:48,9032,401
Germany731:1,102,81573,621
Thailand671:1,054,304158,943
Spain631:742,09631,639
Guernsey591:1,092205
Isle of Man551:1,560277
Argentina441:971,44161,182
Cayman Islands391:1,638210
France341:1,953,609166,012
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Costa Rica301:159,3362,242
Switzerland271:304,18224,091
Mexico211:5,910,77231,438
Chile201:880,82418,509
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Bermuda151:4,352690
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
Cyprus141:63,2056,078
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Belgium131:884,35769,774
Philippines121:8,436,519202,133
Honduras111:801,4954,197
Hong Kong81:916,9354,774
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Malta41:107,5681,849
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
China41:341,830,39216,990
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2421:18,3052,218
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8,0701:3,020432
Wales2231:7,033452
Scotland1351:27,7282,454
Jersey31:17,2942,528
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,9321:7,244918

Groves (181) may also be a first name.

Groves Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Genit., or pl., of Grove, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who lived in, or by, the small wood.

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

From the Danish, Grove; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Groves Last Name Facts

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

The last name Groves (Marathi: ोवेस) is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Groves? popularity and diffusion

It is the 9,301st most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 119,482 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Groves reside; 54 percent reside in North America and 54 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 677,199th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 181 people.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 32,839 people, or 1 in 11,037. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 8 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Ohio, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 87 countries. It is also common in England, where 23 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.

Groves Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Groves has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 474 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 173 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 371 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 248 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 130 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Groves Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Groves last name is primarily Catholic (41%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Groves last name are 14.49% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.26% registered with the party.

The amount Groves earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.52% more than the national average, earning R 381,456 per year; in United States they earn 1.46% less than the national average, earning $42,520 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.93% more than the national average, earning $51,634 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grooves9231/
Grovies921/
Grouves920/
Grovese920/
Grove9145,138/
Graves83127,591/
Grover8366,464/
Greves83675/
Grobes83169/
Groove8365/
Grovey8363/
Grovet8363/
Grouve8358/
Grovis836/
Grovie832/
Grovea831/
Groved831/
Grovep831/
Grêves831/
Grovez831/
Grovée831/
Growes830/
Groover775,093/
Greeves771,867/
Graveus7788/
Grobeis7734/
Graeves7732/
Gravets7721/
Groverr7713/
Grobets7712/
Grouver7711/
Gravees7710/
Gravest778/
Groveer776/
Graaves775/
Grovher774/
Grobest774/
Grovett772/
Groovey772/
Grrover772/
Gruover772/
Gravesz772/
Grovice772/
Hgraves771/
Grevies771/
Grasves771/
Gravexs771/
Gravies771/
Grooved771/
Grovais771/
Grňovej771/
Ghraves770/
Gravess770/
Grave7318,607/
Grobe736,279/
Grové731,497/
Growe731,156/
Grovi7312/
Grāve736/
Grovè733/
Grovy731/
Grothues711,480/
Graviejs71243/
Graviesz7112/
Grotvedt716/
Groweiss715/
D'Graves712/
Grobeusz711/
Graveats710/
Gravetts710/
Graver675,176/
Gravet67934/
Gravez67864/
Gravis67771/
Gravey67448/
Groube67306/
Grobys67209/
Grevis67183/
Grewis67131/
Grobis67116/
Grabes6780/
Groothues6760/
Graave6756/
Grobey6742/
Gravee6726/
Grovic6724/
Gravie6723/
Grovit6719/
Grouwe6713/
Grevez6712/
Grobee676/
Grottveit676/
Groova674/
Gravea674/
Grouva674/
Graveh674/
Growie673/
Grovoy672/
Grewes672/
Gravec672/
Groovy672/
Growis671/
Groovi671/
Ghrave671/
Ngrovi671/
Grawes671/
Graëve671/
Greuve671/
Groothvis671/
Grāvis671/
Grovaj671/
Growey670/
Gravys670/
Graved670/
Groswe670/
Grauve670/
Grohue670/

Groves Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Groves in the Marathi language
ोवेसovesa-

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Groves Reference & Research

Groves DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Groves 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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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Groves
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