# Groat (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,006 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,794 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 153,911 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.5% (1,866 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, nickname from Old Norse grautr (“porridge”). Compare Grout. * Also as a Scottish surname, variant of Grote. * As a German, Dutch and Danish surname, variant of Groth, Groot, Grott, and Grad.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Groat 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) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Groat in the United States.

## People named Groat

- Dick Groat, American baseball and basketball player (1930–2023)

## Similar surnames

Grote, Grate, Grout, Garriott, Garoutte, Groth, Grothe, Garrett, Grady, Garrido, Garrity, Gard.

## 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.