Grohman Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

The spelling Grohman grew out of Groh, a German surname with a long paper trail. At root, the name means “The gray-haired man”. Grohman adds -man to the root of Groh, a common way of forming related surnames. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. The same family of names includes Grohmann and Grohe.

The 2010 census count for Grohman in the United States was 707, good for rank 32,524. Names that sound alike, such as Gorman, are easily confused in old records.

Arms linked to Groh and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Grohman report, with a museum-style coat of arms.