How common is the surname Grote?

4,240 people in the United States had the surname Grote in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,817 Americans. It ranked 7,807th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Grote?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Grote identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Grote?

Augustus Radcliffe Grote, British entomologist (1841-1903), followed by Kurt Grote.

Where is the surname Grote most common?

Wikidata records people named Grote in the United States.

Is the surname Grote getting more or less common?

More common. 4,102 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,240 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Grote

A surname, carried by 4,240 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grote is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,240 people named Grote in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,817 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,102.

#7,807

rank among US surnames

4,240

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,490)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,799	Doggett	4,245	72,732
#7,801	Perera	4,242	72,783
#7,803	Mullaney	4,241	72,800
#7,807	Thies	4,240	72,817
#7,810	Shope	4,239	72,835
#7,812	Whitacre	4,238	72,852
#7,815	Danko	4,237	72,869

Who is named Grote

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

96% of people named Grote identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Grotes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Augustus Radcliffe Grote
British entomologist (1841-1903)
Kurt Grote
American swimmer, born 1973

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Grote

Grote has the Soundex code G630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G630.

Questions

How common is the surname Grote?: 4,240 people in the United States had the surname Grote in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,817 Americans. It ranked 7,807th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grote?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Grote identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Grote?: Augustus Radcliffe Grote, British entomologist (1841-1903), followed by Kurt Grote.
Where is the surname Grote most common?: Wikidata records people named Grote in the United States.
Is the surname Grote getting more or less common?: More common. 4,102 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,240 in 2010, up 3.4%.