Grové Surname

262,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,497 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Grové Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grové Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,4871:36,4344,666
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Grove (45,138) & Grovè (3) are calculated separately.

Grové (11) may also be a first name.

Grové Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grové is found most frequently in South Africa. It can occur in the variant forms: Grove or Grovè. Click here for further potential spellings of Grové.

How Common Is The Last Name Grové? popularity and diffusion

Grové is the 262,012th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,868,100 people. The surname Grové is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Grové live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 11 people.

Grové is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 1,487 people, or 1 in 36,434. In South Africa Grové is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 41 percent reside, Western Cape, where 12 percent reside and North West, where 10 percent reside. Other than South Africa Grové occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Grové Last Name Statistics demography

Grové earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 105.74% more than the national average, earning R 488,916 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grove9345,138/
Grovè933/
Grovée911/
Gravé8048/
Grovi8012/
Grovy801/
Grover7366,464/
Groves7360,993/
Groove7365/
Grovet7363/
Grovey7363/
Grouve7358/
Grovit7319/
Grovis736/
Grouva734/
Groova734/
Groovy732/
Grovie732/
Grovoy732/
Grovez731/
Ngrovi731/
Groovi731/
Grovep731/
Groved731/
Grovea731/
Grovaj731/
Groover675,093/
Grovich6744/
Grooves6731/
Groverr6713/
Grouver6711/
Groveer676/
Grovher674/
Grovett672/
Groovey672/
Grrover672/
Gruover672/
Grňovej671/
Grovais671/
Grooved671/
Grouves670/

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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 Grové
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