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Grob Ranking

In France, the name Grob is the 8,565th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 1


United States Grob migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Grob Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Hans Grob, who arrived in Carolina in 1734 2
  • Jacob Grob, who arrived in Carolina in 1734 2
  • Johann Georg Grob, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1738 2
  • Andelheith Grob, who landed in South Carolina in 1738 2
  • Elizabeth Grob, who arrived in South Carolina in 1738 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Grob Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • William Grob, aged 37, who landed in Missouri in 1841 2
  • Ferdinand Grob, aged 27, who landed in Missouri in 1848 2
  • Martin Grob, who arrived in St Clair County, Illinois in 1857 2
  • George Grob, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1859 2
  • Frederick Grob, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1864 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Grob (post 1700) +

  • Karl Grob (1946-2019), Swiss professional footballer
  • Therese Grob (1798-1875), first love of the composer Franz Schubert
  • Konrad Grob (1828-1904), Swiss romantic and landscape painter
  • Jakob Grob (b. 1939), Swiss bronze medalist rower at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  • Henri Grob (1904-1974), Swiss chess master, represented Switzerland in Chess Olympiads, active 1927 through 1950


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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