Explore the Family Name Grothe

The meaning of Grothe

North German: variant of Groth and Grote. Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Egon, Elke, Ernst, Fritz, Gerhard, Guenter, Kurt, Uwe, Wolfram.

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

The Grothe surname, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, has seen a minor decrease in popularity over a decade. In 2000, the surname held the rank of 14,871 which dropped slightly to the rank of 16,087 in 2010, marking an 8.18% decrease. The count of people with the Grothe last name also saw a slight drop during this period, going from 1,827 in 2000 to 1,800 in 2010, showing a 1.48% decline. Consequently, the proportion of people named Grothe per 100,000 also fell by 10.29%, from 0.68 to 0.61.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#14,871	#16,087	-8.18%
Count	1,827	1,800	-1.48%
Proportion per 100k	0.68	0.61	-10.29%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Grothe

In terms of ethnicity distribution, the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that most individuals with the Grothe surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, although the percentage did see a small decrease from 95.35% to 93.67%. The percentage of Grothe individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander rose slightly from 0.55% to 0.61%. The representation of those identifying as Hispanic showed a significant increase, almost doubling from 1.37% to 2.72%. However, the percentage of those who identified as having two or more races saw a marginal decrease, from 2.35% to 2.33%. There were no changes recorded for individuals identifying as Black, American Indian, or Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.35%	93.67%	-1.76%
Hispanic	1.37%	2.72%	98.54%
Two or More Races	2.35%	2.33%	-0.85%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.55%	0.61%	10.91%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%