Grose Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 467
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 33
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 5
Hampshire 11
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 9
Kent 2
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 46
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 4
Nottinghamshire 3
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 4
Surrey 2
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 6
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 8

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Grose Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Grose family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 27
Female Servant 21
Miner 17
Farmer 16
Independent 15
Shoe Maker 10
Male Servant 8
Tinner 8
Labourer 7
Comedian 7
Carpenter 6
Tailor 5
Dress Maker 4
Draper 4
Miner Copper 4
Blacksmith 3
Clay Labourer 3
Miller 3
Apprentice 2
Copper Miner 2
Pauper 2
Tailoress 2
Painter 2
Engineer 1
Wine Agent 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Grose

Name Census Frequency
Mary Grose 473
William Grose 435
John Grose 391
Elizabeth Grose 348
Thomas Grose 233
Joseph Grose 197
Jane Grose 192
Ann Grose 143
Richard Grose 141
Henry Grose 135
James Grose 123
Annie Grose 104
Sarah Grose 101
Eliza Grose 89
Samuel Grose 89
Walter Grose 88
Ellen Grose 86
Charles Grose 81
George Grose 78
Emma Grose 73
Arthur Grose 70
Alfred Grose 69
Emily Grose 69
Nicholas Grose 69
Frederick Grose 67

Grose Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Grose 100% 6,696
2 Gorse 60% 1,836
3 Grosse 83% 1,268
4 Gears 20% 793
5 Agars 20% 774
6 Gros 80% 463
7 Eagers 17% 346
8 Garis 40% 333
9 Agers 20% 304
10 Grise 80% 263
11 Agres 40% 216
12 Grouse 83% 191
13 Grase 80% 188
14 Grees 40% 184
15 Geers 20% 161
16 Gores 40% 160
17 Growes 67% 145
18 Gors 40% 116
19 Gries 40% 116
20 Greese 67% 110
21 Gras 60% 104

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The surname Grose is the most popular version of all its varients

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