How common is the surname Groce?

5,351 people in the United States had the surname Groce in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,699 Americans. It ranked 6,362nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Groce getting more or less common?

More common. 5,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,351 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Groce

A surname, carried by 5,351 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G620

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

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,351 people named Groce in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,699 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,074.

#6,362

rank among US surnames

5,351

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,210)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,357	Flinn	5,359	57,613
#6,358	Cabello	5,358	57,623
#6,361	Decastro	5,354	57,666
#6,362	Groce	5,351	57,699

Who is named Groce

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

70% of people named Groce identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Two or more races 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Groce

Groce has the Soundex code G620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G620.

Questions

How common is the surname Groce?: 5,351 people in the United States had the surname Groce in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,699 Americans. It ranked 6,362nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Groce?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Groce identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Groce getting more or less common?: More common. 5,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,351 in 2010, up 5.5%.