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The GROVE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 21,969 1487 0.008 81
United States (1880 census) 6,120 997 0.012 122
Change since 1880 +15849 -490 -0.004 -41
Other Countries
Australia 662 2439 0.004 40
United Kingdom 3,902 1591 0.008 85
Top States for GROVE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Pennsylvania 3,817 275 0.031 311
California 1,715 1886 0.005 51
Ohio 1,701 750 0.015 150
Illinois 1,081 1148 0.009 87
Maryland 1,033 518 0.020 195
Top States for GROVE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Pennsylvania 3,817 275 0.031 311
North Dakota 145 486 0.023 226
West Virginia 364 759 0.020 201
Maryland 1,033 518 0.020 195
Iowa 477 638 0.016 163

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GROVE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GROVE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GROVE in Pennsylvania than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GROVE by picking someone at random in Pennsylvania than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GROVE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GROVE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GROVE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GROVE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 885 4.03
White (Hispanic) 319 1.45
Mixed Race 250 1.14
Asian/Pacific 94 0.43
Native American/Alaskan 88 0.4
White (Caucasian) 20,332 92.55

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GROVE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of GROVE in historical publications

GROVE. From the original bearer's residence near one. Hence also the common names Groves and Grover. Tlie Groves of Fern, co. Wilts, claim descent from John de Grove of Chalfont St. Giles, who died 26 Edward III.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to GROVE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GROVE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for GROVE

The following words are slight variants of GROVE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.