# Degroot (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/degroot/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Dutch.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,442 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,278 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 56,734 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.5% (5,015 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Dutch de Groot.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Degroot in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Degroot in the United States and Belgium.

## People named Degroot

- Dudley DeGroot, American football, basketball, rugby union footballer, American football, basketball, and 
- Bob de Groot, Belgian cartoonist (1941–2023)

## Similar surnames

Degroat, Dougherty, Daugherty, Duckworth, Deckard, Desjardins, Deckert, Dysart, Docherty, Ducksworth, Dickert, Dygert.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.