# Groves (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/groves/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 24,629 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,447 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,536 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (24,260 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Groves in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Groves in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Groves

- Colin Groves, Australian anthropologist (1942-2017)
- Kaden Groves, Australian cyclist
- Madeline Groves, Australian competitive swimmer
- Cady Groves, American singer (1989–2020)
- George Groves, boxer
- Sara Groves, American musician
- Paul Groves, American opera singer

## Similar surnames

Graves, Greaves, Grapes, Grubbs, Grabowski, Griffis, Gervais, Garfias, Gervacio, Gervasi, Gurevich, Grubaugh.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.