Grube Surname

28,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,021 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island

Grube Surname Definition:

(German) One who lived near a ditch or quarry.

Grube Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany10,9321:7,364925
United States5,8961:61,4757,207
Latvia6211:3,301426
Denmark3551:15,9011,556
Brazil2871:745,90427,215
Guinea2751:43,032630
Canada1051:350,91031,754
England511:1,092,51152,584
Sweden441:223,79015,522
Poland441:863,83566,160
Netherlands411:411,88242,990
Argentina321:1,335,73276,713
Austria301:283,84832,444
Norway271:190,45522,163
Australia271:999,84158,390
Russia251:5,764,922242,644
France241:2,767,613196,808
Mexico241:5,171,92529,601
Spain201:2,337,60257,118
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Norfolk Island141:16417
Italy121:5,096,391108,968
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Kazakhstan101:1,768,25083,699
Uzbekistan91:3,436,57132,268
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
China21:683,660,78330,601
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9791:51,2965,809

The alternate forms: Grübe (66) & Grūbe (8) are calculated separately.

Grube (30) may also be a first name.

Grube Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who lived near a ditch or quarry.

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

Grube Last Name Facts

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

The last name Grube (Georgian: გრუბე, Russian: Грубе) is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Grübe or Grūbe. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Grube? popularity and diffusion

Grube is the 28,252nd most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 383,132 people. The surname Grube occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Grube live; 58 percent live in Western Europe and 58 percent live in Germanic Europe. Grube is also the 1,911,214th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 30 people.

It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 10,932 people, or 1 in 7,364. In Germany Grube is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 26 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this last name occurs in 55 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 31 percent are found and Latvia, where 3 percent are found.

Grube Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Grube has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 602 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 392 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grube Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Grube last name are 23.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.62% registered with the political party.

The amount Grube earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 28.77% less than the national average, earning 246,500 kr per year; in United States they earn 2.3% more than the national average, earning $44,140 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.07% more than the national average, earning $50,712 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grübe9366/
Grūbe938/
Gruber91120,506/
Groube91306/
Graube91198/
Grubey9141/
Grubea9134/
Gruebe9117/
Greube9117/
Grubes9111/
Grubee914/
Grubet911/
Gruibe911/
Grubie910/
Greuber8348/
Groubet8344/
Grauber8328/
Grouber8323/
Grujber8318/
Groubei838/
Grubesh834/
Grubets832/
Grubeth832/
Grubeer832/
Gruuber832/
Greubey830/
Groubee830/
Grobe806,279/
Gruba804,568/
Gruby80417/
Grubi80237/
Gruwe80121/
Gribe8083/
Gruve8033/
Groubech771/
Gruver734,247/
Grubić732,289/
Grüber731,651/
Griebe73650/
Grauby73523/
Grubii73454/
Groebe73347/
Grubyy73247/
Grúber73153/
Grubis73131/
Grubič7376/
Grumpe7370/
Gruboy7362/
Grouve7358/
Grauba7347/
Grouby7346/
Grobey7342/
Grusby7336/
Grubys7334/
Gruwet7334/
Grubiy7319/
Gruwes7317/
Grouwe7313/
Grubio7312/
Grubyi737/
Grubit737/
Grouba737/
Grobee736/
Ghribe736/
Grauwe735/
Gribej734/
Groubi733/
Grubay733/
Grubih732/
Gruves732/
Grůber732/
Grubiś732/
Gruwey731/
Grobie731/
Gribey731/
Gruwee731/
Greuve731/
Grusve731/
Gribeh731/
Gribie731/
Grueby730/
Gruvez730/
Gruive730/
Grauve730/
Greuba730/
Grubich671,050/
Grubits67404/
Grubaya67229/
Grubaia67146/
Grubish67115/
Grauwet6787/
Grubiss6743/
Grubitz6738/
Groobey6728/
Ghroubi6713/
Grouver6711/
Grouwet6711/
Grubych677/
Grubisz677/
Grubytė676/
Grubois674/
Graubis674/
Greuwer674/
Grubidt673/
Graubit672/
Gruvhed672/
Greuver671/
Grauver671/
Ghribeh671/
Grubaja671/
Grubicz671/
Grubijs671/
Gruiver671/
Grübeth671/
Grumpee670/
Grouves670/
Griebee670/

Grube Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grube in the Georgian language
გრუბეgrube-
Grube in the Russian language
Грубеgrube-

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Grube Reference & Research

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Grubbs 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 Grube
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