de Graaff Surname

80,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,026 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Graaff Surname Definition:

(German, Dutch) The count, or, in England, an earl.

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de Graaff 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
Netherlands5,1111:3,304285
Australia3851:70,1198,305
South Africa1221:444,08037,713
Belgium521:221,08928,230
United States501:7,249,179331,838
France491:1,355,566135,191
Germany421:1,916,797106,618
Canada381:969,62173,252
England371:1,505,89364,828
New Zealand361:125,78715,451
Switzerland211:391,09129,271
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Curaçao41:39,312638
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Aruba11:103,4772,586
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de Graaff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German, Dutch) The count, or, in England, an earl.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'the count', a nobility title.

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de Graaff Demographics

Average de Graaff Salary in
United States

$63,144 USD

Per year
Rank:
162,781 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
9.62507E-6
Rank: 437,757 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
146.34%
Sample size: 13 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de Graaff Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Graaff Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de Graaff is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name de Graaff? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 80,751st most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,209,350 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 89 percent of de Graaff are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname de Graaff is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 5,111 people, or 1 in 3,304. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 32 percent live, North Holland, where 26 percent live and North Brabant, where 10 percent live. Not including The Netherlands de Graaff is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.

de Graaff Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Graaff earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 87.38% more than the national average, earning R 445,284 per year; in United States they earn 46.34% more than the national average, earning $63,144 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.95% more than the national average, earning $54,626 CAD per year.

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de Graaf9425,677/
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De-Graaf825/
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De-Graff821/
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de Grofft782/
de Graw75109/
De-Graft712,666/
de Groof712,394/
de Grauw71562/
de Greif7138/
de Groft713/
de Greaw711/
de Grauv711/
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