# Groom (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/groom/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname originating as an occupation for a servant.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,114 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,623 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 60,373 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.7% (5,201 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Groome |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Groom in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Groom in the United States.

## People named Groom

- Winston Groom, American writer (1943-2020)
- Shea Groom, American soccer player

## Similar surnames

Grim, Gram, Green, Graham, Greene, Grimm, Giron, Gorham, Guarino, Guerin, Greenway, Gurney.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.