The number of persons with this family name

In 1947 the Netherlands counted 9.625.000 inhabitants. In the census from 1947 there were 6060 listings of the name Groeneveld, 558 of the name Groenveld and 318 of the name Groenevelt. Besides these three kind of listings there were 15 variations of the name such as Groenenveld, Groenenvelt, Groenenveldt, Van Groeneveld, Gronefeld, Grùnefeld, Groneveld, Gronefeld, Grunfeld, Grunefeld, Grunveld, Grònfeld, Grònefeld, Grònevelt en Grunenveld.

From an investigation in 1993 to persons with this name in the public telephone directories in the Netherlands, it appeared that 22 variations of the name exist, with in total 3718 listings. Most extreme are 'Groeneveld' (3180 listings) and e.g. the names 'Van Groeneveld' and 'Grunuveld' (both 2 listings) and 'Groenfelt' and 'Gronefeld' (both only one listing).

Groningen 404 Friesland 220 Drenthe 49 Overijssel 309 Gelderland 740 Utrecht 275 Amsterdam 448 Noord-Holland 509 Noord-Holland total 957 Den Haag 336 Rotterdam 800 Zuid-Holland 1485 Zuid-Holland total 2621 Zeeland 16 Noord-Brabant 433 Limburg 36 Total 6060

Quantity of Groenevelds and distribution per province according to the census taken in 1947
Source: Database of Surnames in the Netherlands