Explore the Family Name Grum

The meaning of Grum

1. Slovenian: variant of Grom, derived from the dialect word grum ‘thunder’. 2. German: variant of Grumm, a habitational name from Grumme, near Bocholt, apparently so named from Low German grum ‘dirt, mud’, or a topographic name for someone living in a muddy place. 3. German: alternatively, a variant of Krumm. 4. Danish: nickname from grum ‘bad, mean’. Some characteristic forenames: German Ignatz.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Grum has declined slightly in the United States between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 65,133rd most common surname, but by 2010 it had dropped to 79,075th place, representing a decrease of 21.41%. Similarly, the number of individuals bearing the Grum surname fell by 15.44%, with counts going from 285 in 2000 to 241 in 2010. Consequently, the proportion of people named Grum per 100,000 U.S. residents also decreased by 27.27%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#65,133	#79,075	-21.41%
Count	285	241	-15.44%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.08	-27.27%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Grum

In terms of ethnic identity, the Grum surname predominantly falls within the White category according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 96.49% of those with this last name were categorized as White, and this figure dipped slightly to 95.02% by 2010. The data for 2010 also shows a small emergence of the surname within the Black community at 3.32%. However, there were no reported instances of the Grum surname among the Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, or American Indian and Alaskan Native communities during either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.49%	95.02%	-1.52%
Black	0%	3.32%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%