How common is the surname Groh?

3,894 people in the United States had the surname Groh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,288 Americans. It ranked 8,475th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Groh?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Groh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Groh?

David Groh, American actor (1939–2008).

Where is the surname Groh most common?

Wikidata records people named Groh in the United States.

Is the surname Groh getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,924 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,894 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Groh

A surname, carried by 3,894 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Groh is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,894 people named Groh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,288 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,924.

#8,475

rank among US surnames

3,894

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,817)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,470	Braithwaite	3,898	79,206
#8,472	Burlingame	3,897	79,226
#8,473	Lease	3,896	79,247
#8,475	Rondeau	3,894	79,288
#8,477	Reinhard	3,893	79,308

Who is named Groh

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

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

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Grohs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Groh
American actor (1939–2008)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Groh

Groh has the Soundex code G600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G600.

Questions

How common is the surname Groh?: 3,894 people in the United States had the surname Groh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,288 Americans. It ranked 8,475th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Groh?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Groh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Groh?: David Groh, American actor (1939–2008).
Where is the surname Groh most common?: Wikidata records people named Groh in the United States.
Is the surname Groh getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,924 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,894 in 2010, down 0.8%.