Grover

17,441 people in the United States were counted with the surname Grover in the 2020 census, making it the 2,024th most common in the country. That is about one person in 17,100.

By the numbers

People: 17,441
Rank: 2,024th
How common: 1 in 17,100
Per 100,000: 5.8

Where the name comes from

Origin Middle English

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Grover described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 76.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 9.7%
Black, not Hispanic 5.6%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino 3.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.8%

Notable people called Grover

Karan Singh Grover (born 1982)Indian model, television and film actor
Gulshan Grover (born 1955)Indian film actor and producer
Sunil Grover (born 1977)Indian comedian and actor
Alan Grover (1944–2019)Australian rower
William Grover-Williams (1903–1945)racecar driver
La Fayette Grover (1823–1911)American politician

People named Grover with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Grover

Also a first name

Grover has been given to 27,205 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1884. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.