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    The surname Groomes

    A surname, carried by 1,094 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G652

    Groomes: #23,283 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Groomes #23,283, 1,094 people Groomes: #23,283 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Groomes #23,283, 1,094 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Groomes is more common than 85.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,094 people named Groomes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,217 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,064.

    #23,283
    rank among US surnames
    1,094
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #22,555)

    Who is named Groomes

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

    47% of people named Groomes identified as white (not Hispanic), 46% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 47%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 46%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    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 Groomes

    Groomes has the Soundex code G652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G652.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Groomes?
    1,094 people in the United States had the surname Groomes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,217 Americans. It ranked 23,283rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Groomes?
    In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Groomes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 46% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Groomes getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,064 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,094 in 2010, up 2.8%.