How common is the surname Degroot?

5,442 people in the United States had the surname Degroot in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,734 Americans. It ranked 6,278th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Degroot?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Degroot identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Degroot?

Dudley DeGroot, American football, basketball, rugby union footballer, American football, basketball, and , followed by Bob de Groot.

Where is the surname Degroot most common?

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

Is the surname Degroot getting more or less common?

More common. 5,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,442 in 2010, up 8.5%.

The surname Degroot

A Dutch surname, carried by 5,442 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D263

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Degroot is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

From Dutch de Groot.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,442 people named Degroot in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,734 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,015.

#6,278

rank among US surnames

5,442

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,262)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,275	Awad	5,446	56,692
#6,276	Speight	5,445	56,703
#6,277	Avant	5,443	56,723
#6,278	Koons	5,442	56,734

Who is named Degroot

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Degroot identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Degroots

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dudley DeGroot
American football, basketball, rugby union footballer, American football, basketball, and , 1899–1970
Bob de Groot
Belgian cartoonist (1941–2023)

Notable Degroots come mostly from the United States (1) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Degroot

Degroat

Degroot has the Soundex code D263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D263.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Degroot come from?: From Dutch de Groot.
How common is the surname Degroot?: 5,442 people in the United States had the surname Degroot in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,734 Americans. It ranked 6,278th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Degroot?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Degroot identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Degroot?: Dudley DeGroot, American football, basketball, rugby union footballer, American football, basketball, and , followed by Bob de Groot.
Where is the surname Degroot most common?: Wikidata records people named Degroot in the United States and Belgium.
Is the surname Degroot getting more or less common?: More common. 5,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,442 in 2010, up 8.5%.