Grove: Surname History and Family Crest

Grove is an established spelling of the English surname Groves. Read literally, Grove points to “Dweller by a grove”. Grove drops the “s” of Groves, a shortening that clerks often made.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Grove surname had 21,732 bearers. It sits among the 2,500 most common last names in the country. Grove sounds close to Grave, so it can help to search both.

Arms linked to Groves and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Grove family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.