Grover (surname)

This article is about the surname Grover. For other uses, see Grover (disambiguation).

Grover is a surname found with people in India as well as with people of English ancestry. The two names however are distinct in formation and share no common origins.

In India

Grover, (Hindi: ग्रोवर), is a name in common use by the predominantly Sikh jatt community. punjabi was there mother language.one may also find this surname in some Arora communities but as per the research and surveys done in villages of punjab Grovers are from high class jatt clans. They speak in a different ascent know as doaba acsent. One may also seldom find this surname in use by some Muslim communities, most of whom live in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.

The name itself is derived from the original surname Guruvara/Gorovare, (Hindi: गोरोवरा / गोरोवरे), which in turn derives from a Sanskrit word of ("guru/a" /गुरु") "teacher/mentor" hence meaning "the great teacher".

Grovers today

Gorovares/ Grovers have migrated to all corners of the globe with significant populations having settled in parts of Malaysia, Canada, the United States, Singapore, the United Kingdom and Australia.

In England

Grover, referred to any person working in tree groves. It is cognate with the German "Grüber"

List of persons with the surname

• Antoni Grover (born 1980), Australian football league player
• Asa Grover (1818–1887), U.S. politician from Kentucky
• Cuvier Grover (1828–1885), U.S. Army officer
• Dinesh Grover (born 1968), Indian GIS software developer
• Frank Grover, New Zealand politician
• Gulshan Grover (born 1955), Indian actor
• Henry Grover (1927–2005), U.S. politician from Texas
• Herbert J. Grover, American educator and politician
• James Grover (disambiguation), various people
• Lov Grover (born 1961), Indian-American computer scientist
• La Fayette Grover (1823–1911), U.S. politician
• Sachin Grover(born1999),Indian student of Bal Bharati Public School
• William Grover-Williams (1903–19??), American car racer
• Ravi Grover (born 1949), Indian nuclear scientist

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