How common is the surname Groover?

3,678 people in the United States had the surname Groover in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,944 Americans. It ranked 8,904th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Groover getting more or less common?

More common. 3,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,678 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Groover

A surname, carried by 3,678 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Groover is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,678 people named Groover in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,944 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,589.

#8,904

rank among US surnames

3,678

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,454)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,896	Tarpley	3,680	83,898
#8,900	Brigman	3,679	83,921
#8,904	Billington	3,678	83,944
#8,906	Dear	3,677	83,967
#8,907	Marine	3,676	83,990
#8,909	Stapp	3,675	84,012
#8,911	Claus	3,674	84,035

Who is named Groover

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

84% of people named Groover identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Groover

Groover has the Soundex code G616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G616.

Questions

How common is the surname Groover?: 3,678 people in the United States had the surname Groover in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,944 Americans. It ranked 8,904th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Groover?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Groover identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Groover getting more or less common?: More common. 3,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,678 in 2010, up 2.5%.