da Graça Surname

24,144th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,410 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe

da Graça Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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da Graça Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mozambique11,7421:2,322570
Angola6,1131:4,415642
Cape Verde2,0871:25456
São Tomé and Príncipe1,7331:10222
Portugal4061:25,6611,679
Brazil911:2,352,46572,498
Netherlands721:234,54430,714
France511:1,302,406132,002
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Switzerland191:432,25931,718
Belgium121:958,05473,966
England91:6,190,895170,599
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Andorra31:27,9461,499
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
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The alternate forms: da Graca (18,134) are calculated separately.

da Graça (29) may also be a first name.

da Graça Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name da Graça Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name da Graça occurs more in Mozambique more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: da Graca. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name da Graça? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 24,144th most frequently used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 325,192 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of da Graça reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. da Graça is also the 1,951,561st most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 29 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Mozambique, where it is held by 11,742 people, or 1 in 2,322. Outside of Mozambique this surname is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 27 percent are found and Cape Verde, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
da Graca9618,134/
da Greaça941/
da Grasa887/
de Graça883/
da Graza881/
das Graca82601/
da Gracia8283/
da Grassa828/
das Grasa822/
da Grasas821/
das Grasas7820/
das Grassa788/
das Gracia785/
da Grassas783/
das Gracaa781/
de Graca7560/
da Grosa756/
Da-Graca754/
da Graco752/
das Grassas74134/
das Gracias744/
de Gracia7130,928/
di Gracia7152/
de Grassa7121/
de Grasia7111/
da Grossa715/
de Graica711/
da Grocha711/
dos Graca711/
de Gracias6741/
de Grosa632/
De-Gracia596/
de Gracio594/
de Grossa592/
de Gràcia592/
de Grassot561/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to da Graça
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