How common is the surname Grover?

17,534 people in the United States had the surname Grover in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,608 Americans. It ranked 2,056th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Grover?

In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Grover identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Grover?

Alan Grover, Australian rower (1944–2019), followed by La Fayette Grover.

Where is the surname Grover most common?

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

How do you pronounce Grover?

Grover is /ˈɡɹoʊvɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Grover getting more or less common?

More common. 16,551 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,534 in 2010, up 5.9%.

Is Grover also a first name?

Yes. Grover is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Grover

A place surname, carried by 17,534 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡɹoʊvɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex G616 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grover is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

From grove + -er.

Grover is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,534 people named Grover in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,608 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,551.

#2,056

rank among US surnames

17,534

people in 2010

5.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #2,010)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,047	Albrecht	17,581	17,561
#2,048	Mallory	17,578	17,564
#2,049	Cavanaugh	17,577	17,565
#2,050	Jaimes	17,573	17,569
#2,051	Culver	17,566	17,576
#2,052	Hope	17,562	17,580
#2,053	Begay	17,553	17,589

Who is named Grover

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

82% of people named Grover identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Grovers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alan Grover
Australian rower (1944–2019)
La Fayette Grover
American politician (1823-1911)

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Grover

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

Questions

Where does the surname Grover come from?: From grove + -er.
How common is the surname Grover?: 17,534 people in the United States had the surname Grover in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,608 Americans. It ranked 2,056th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Grover?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Grover identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Grover?: Alan Grover, Australian rower (1944–2019), followed by La Fayette Grover.
Where is the surname Grover most common?: Wikidata records people named Grover in Australia and the United States.
How do you pronounce Grover?: Grover is /ˈɡɹoʊvɚ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Grover?: Grover is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Grover getting more or less common?: More common. 16,551 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,534 in 2010, up 5.9%.
Is Grover also a first name?: Yes. Grover is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.