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    The surname Grob

    A surname, carried by 1,667 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G610

    Grob: #17,040 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Grob #17,040, 1,667 people Grob: #17,040 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Grob #17,040, 1,667 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grob is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,667 people named Grob in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,210 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,635.

    #17,040
    rank among US surnames
    1,667
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #16,238)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,033Burdge1,668185,099
    #17,040Peed1,667185,210
    #17,047Croll1,666185,321

    Who is named Grob

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

    94% of people named Grob identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Grobs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jeffrey Grob
      American archbishop, born 1961

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Grob

    Grob has the Soundex code G610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G610.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Grob?
    1,667 people in the United States had the surname Grob in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,210 Americans. It ranked 17,040th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Grob?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Grob identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Grob?
    Jeffrey Grob, American archbishop.
    Where is the surname Grob most common?
    Wikidata records people named Grob in the United States.
    Is the surname Grob getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,635 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,667 in 2010, up 2.0%.