van Groos Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Groos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Groos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands701:241,24531,316
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van Groos Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Groos is found most in The Netherlands. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name van Groos? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,185,341st most common surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of van Groos reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 241,245. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Gelderland, where 51 percent live, South Holland, where 16 percent live and North Brabant, where 14 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Groot8937/
van Grop826/
van Grod821/
van Graas78277/
von Gross7828/
von Grohs781/
van Grasse741/
von Groß711/
van Graat671/
von Grotz671/
von Grap5913/
von Grad5912/
von Grat595/
von Grapp5639/

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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
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  • 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 van Groos
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