Explore the Family Name Grooters

The meaning of Grooters

Dutch: genitivized nickname for a big and burly man, from groterd, from groot ‘great, large’ + suffix -erd, -aard to construct a noun from an adjective.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Grooters experienced a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname was ranked 49,249th in popularity but slipped to 51,176th by 2010, marking a change of -3.91%. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of people with the Grooters surname increased slightly from 401 in 2000 to 407 in 2010, indicating a growth rate of 1.5%. However, if we consider these numbers as a proportion per 100k population, it shows a decrease of -6.67%, illustrating that while the number of people named Grooters grew, it did so at a slower pace compared to the overall population.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#49,249	#51,176	-3.91%
Count	401	407	1.5%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.14	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Grooters

On examining the ethnic identity associated with the Grooters surname, information from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that it is predominantly linked with individuals identifying as White. This demographic made up 99.25% of all Grooters in 2000, which slightly decreased to 98.28% by 2010, a shift of -0.98%. Meanwhile, no significant statistical presence was found for this surname among Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities during both census years. The data for two or more races was suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	99.25%	98.28%	-0.98%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%