How common is the surname Groth?

6,434 people in the United States had the surname Groth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,987 Americans. It ranked 5,410th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Groth?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Groth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Groth?

Sam Groth, Australian tennis player and politician, followed by Gary Groth.

Where is the surname Groth most common?

Wikidata records people named Groth in Australia and the United States.

Is the surname Groth getting more or less common?

Less common. 6,508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,434 in 2010, down 1.1%.

The surname Groth

A surname, carried by 6,434 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). Groth is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,434 people named Groth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,987 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,508.

#5,410

rank among US surnames

6,434

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

-1.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,960)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,401	Abad	6,446	47,897
#5,402	Walther	6,444	47,912
#5,403	Payan	6,443	47,920
#5,404	Messick	6,441	47,934
#5,405	Abercrombie	6,439	47,949
#5,407	Marker	6,438	47,957
#5,408	Krantz	6,436	47,972

Who is named Groth

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

96% of people named Groth identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Groths

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sam Groth
Australian tennis player and politician, born 1987
Gary Groth
American comic book editor, publisher and critic, born 1954

Notable Groths come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Groth

Groth 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 Groth?: 6,434 people in the United States had the surname Groth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,987 Americans. It ranked 5,410th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Groth?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Groth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Groth?: Sam Groth, Australian tennis player and politician, followed by Gary Groth.
Where is the surname Groth most common?: Wikidata records people named Groth in Australia and the United States.
Is the surname Groth getting more or less common?: Less common. 6,508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,434 in 2010, down 1.1%.