How common is the surname Grobe?

1,006 people in the United States had the surname Grobe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. It ranked 24,762nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Grobe?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Grobe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Grobe getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,186 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,006 in 2010, down 15%.

The surname Grobe

A surname, carried by 1,006 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grobe is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,006 people named Grobe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. That is down 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,186.

#24,762

rank among US surnames

1,006

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-15.2%

change since 2000 (was #20,727)

Who is named Grobe

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

95% of people named Grobe identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grobe

Grobe 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 Grobe?: 1,006 people in the United States had the surname Grobe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. It ranked 24,762nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grobe?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Grobe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Grobe getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,186 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,006 in 2010, down 15%.