Explore the Family Name Congrove

The meaning of Congrove

Probably an altered form of English Congreve or the variants Congreave, Congrave: habitational name from Congreve in Staffordshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Comegrave ‘grove in a valley’.

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How common is the last name Congrove in the United States?

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Congrove has significantly increased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Congrove was ranked as the 37,043rd most common surname in the United States, but by 2010, it had jumped to the 34,916th position, a change of 5.74%. The count of individuals with this surname also grew from 567 in 2000 to 646 in 2010—an increase of 13.93%. On a per capita basis, for every 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0.21 had the surname Congrove in 2000, compared to 0.22 in 2010, marking a 4.76% rise.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,043	#34,916	5.74%
Count	567	646	13.93%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.22	4.76%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Congrove

The ethnicity of those with the Congrove surname has seen some changes over the years, according to Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, almost all (98.06%) of the Congroves identified as white. However, there was a slight reduction of 1.82% by 2010, bringing the percentage down to 96.28%. Those identifying as Hispanic saw an increase from 1.41% in 2000 to 1.86% in 2010, a change of 31.91%. Notably, in 2010, there were new entries for Asian/Pacific Islander and those identifying as two or more races, at 0.77% and 0.93%, respectively. There were no recorded individuals under Black or American Indian/Alaskan Native categories for either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.06%	96.28%	-1.82%
Hispanic	1.41%	1.86%	31.91%
Two or More Races	0%	0.93%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.77%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%