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Family name Groot (Grot , Groot , Гроот ) , all around the world, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Groot is characteristic of Netherlands, where it is a common surname, Aruba, where it is quite a common surname, and Suriname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Netherlands, Germany, and Poland. Very seldom, Groot is the forename as well as the last name.