The Groene surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 523 people carried this name — #41,579 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 2% from 534 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Groene surname
Borrowed from either German Gröne, a variant of Grün, or Dutch Groene, a variant of Groen.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Groene» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Groene.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 21 people named Groene live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Groene.
- Grisolia 193 · U.S. census
- Griss 112 · U.S. census
- Grit 131 · U.S. census
- Grivois 161 · U.S. census
- Grob 1,667 · U.S. census
- Grobelny 237 · U.S. census
- Groff 9,889 · U.S. census
- Groh 3,894 · U.S. census
- Grojean 226 · U.S. census
- Groleau 920 · U.S. census
- Groll 1,200 · U.S. census
- Gron 287 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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