How common is the surname Groen?

1,907 people in the United States had the surname Groen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,901 Americans. It ranked 15,380th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Groen?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Groen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Groen?

Groen is /ˈɡru.ɛn/, one syllable.

Is the surname Groen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,693 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,907 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Groen

A surname, carried by 1,907 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡru.ɛn/ 1 syllable Soundex G650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Groen is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

* As a Dutch surname, from the adjective groen (“green”). * As a North/Low German surname Grön, variant of Grün, Gruen. Compare Gron.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,907 people named Groen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,901 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,693.

#15,380

rank among US surnames

1,907

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+12.6%

change since 2000 (was #15,796)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,380	Tolleson	1,907	161,901
#15,386	Leet	1,906	161,986

Who is named Groen

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

95% of people named Groen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%

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 Groen

Groen has the Soundex code G650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G650.

Questions

Where does the surname Groen come from?: * As a Dutch surname, from the adjective groen (“green”). * As a North/Low German surname Grön, variant of Grün, Gruen. Compare Gron.
How common is the surname Groen?: 1,907 people in the United States had the surname Groen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,901 Americans. It ranked 15,380th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Groen?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Groen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Groen?: Groen is /ˈɡru.ɛn/, one syllable.
Is the surname Groen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,693 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,907 in 2010, up 13%.