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De groot Ranking

In the United States, the name De groot is the 9,582nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in Netherlands, the name De groot is ranked the 10th most popular surname with an estimated 41,079 people with that name. 2


United States De groot migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

De groot Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Simon DeGroot, who arrived in New York in 1647 3
  • Staes DeGroot, who landed in New Netherland(s) in 1663 3
De groot Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Zwant je DeGroot, aged 19, who landed in New York, NY in 1847 3
  • Akke DeGroot, aged 4, who arrived in New York, NY in 1847 3
  • P DeGroot, aged 13, who landed in New York, NY in 1847 3
  • Pierke DeGroot, aged 13, who landed in New York, NY in 1847 3
  • G E DeGroot, aged 31, who landed in New York, NY in 1847 3
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name De groot (post 1700) +

  • Billy deGroot (b. 1965), American professional football player
  • Morris Herman DeGroot (1931-1989), American statistician
  • Dudley Sargent "Dud" DeGroot (1899-1970), American athlete and coach, primarily of American football
  • John DeGroot, American Republican politician, Candidate in primary for Michigan State Senate 11th District, 1948, 1950, 1954 4
  • Jeff DeGroot, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 2004 4
  • Jason DeGroot, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 2008 4
  • Grace L. DeGroot, American Republican politician, Member of New York Republican State Committee, 1936; Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944, 1952, 1956 4
  • Hugo de Groot (1583-1645), Dutch founder of international law
  • Ric deGroot, Canadian musician


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. "Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
  3. 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)
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 11) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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