Find out how popular the last name Colegrove is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Colegrove.

Colegrove, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Colegrove surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Colegrove in America

Colegrove is the 11907th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Colegrove surname appeared 2,629 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Colegrove.

We can also compare 2010 data for Colegrove to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Colegrove

The surname Colegrove has its origins in England, dating back to the medieval period. It is believed to be a locational name derived from a place called Colgrove, which is thought to have been located in Gloucestershire or Worcestershire. The name is composed of two Old English elements: "col," meaning charcoal or coal, and "grove," referring to a small wood or thicket.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Colegrove can be found in the Subsidy Rolls of Worcestershire from 1327, where a Robert de Colegroue is mentioned. This suggests that the name was already well-established in the region by the 14th century.

In the 15th century, the name appeared in the form of "Colegroue" in the Feet of Fines for Staffordshire in 1485, further solidifying its presence in the Midlands region of England.

During the Tudor period, the name was sometimes spelled as "Collegrove," as evidenced by a record from 1541 mentioning a John Collegrove in the Subsidy Rolls of Worcestershire.

Notable individuals who bore the surname Colegrove include Sir William Colegrove (1567-1637), a prominent landowner and Member of Parliament for Stafford in the early 17th century. Another notable figure was Robert Colegrove (1628-1692), a Puritan minister who emigrated to New England and served as the pastor of the First Parish Church in Haverhill, Massachusetts.

In the 18th century, the name Colegrove appeared in various records, such as the marriage of John Colegrove and Mary Smith in 1732, recorded in the parish registers of St. Giles, Worcestershire.

Another noteworthy individual was Captain James Colegrove (1743-1818), a British naval officer who served during the American Revolutionary War and later became a maritime merchant in Liverpool.

As the centuries progressed, the name Colegrove continued to be documented in various regions of England, with some families maintaining the traditional spelling while others adopted variations like "Colgrove" or "Calgrave."

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Colegrove

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Colegrove.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Colegrove was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Colegrove has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Colegrove was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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