Grosch
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from a Slavic loanword meaning 'small grain'; variant of the form under Grosdien
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɡɹɔʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Grosch is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. In Botswana it is the 70th most common surname.
- DEGermany≈1 in 21K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 339K
- BWBotswana≈1 in 11K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Grosch itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 186 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,800 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Botswana, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Groesch in PK Pakistan.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from a Slavic loanword meaning 'small grain'; variant of the form under Grosdien
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Grosch counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Grosch | 117 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 29K | — | Grosch | 1 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 200K | — | Groesch | 1 |
| US United States | — | 980 | 1 in 339K | 988 | Grosch | 186 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 228K | — | Grosch | 14 |
| BW Botswana | #70 | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Grosch | 1 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈96 est. | ≈1 in 92K | — | Grosch | 20 |
| NO Norway | — | 68 | 1 in 80K | 68 | — | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Grosch is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, from Middle High German, Middle Low German grosch ‘groschen’, a gold or silver coin, a metonymic occupational name for a moneyer, or possibly a nickname for an avaricious person.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Christian Heinrich Groschb. 1801NONorwegian architect (1801–1865)
- Walther Groschb. 1891DEGerman general
- Georg Groschb. 1906DEGerman politician (1906-1987)
- Herb Groschb. 1918CAcomputer scientist (1918–2010)
- Karl Groschb. 1923DEGerman scientist and engineer
- Werner Groschb. 1934DEGerman food chemist
- Mathieu Groschb. 1950BEBelgian politician
- Mária Groschb. 1954HUchess player
- Mike Leon Groschb. 1976DEGerman singer
- Jonas Groschb. 1981DEGerman film director and screenwriter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 988 | #23,863 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 980 | #25,272 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 911 | #27,931 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 68 | #21,104 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Grosch mean, and where does it come from?
- from a Slavic loanword meaning 'small grain'; variant of the form under Grosdien Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Grosch?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡɹɔʃ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Grosch have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.8 thousand people named Grosch in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled grosch.
- How common is the name Grosch?
- In the United States, the national register counted 980 people named Grosch in 2010, about 1 in 339 thousand residents.
- How common is Grosch compared with other names?
- In Botswana, Grosch is the 70th most common surname of 987 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/groschThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Grosch” — the 70th most common surname in Botswana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.