de Graav Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Suriname
Highest density in:
Suriname

de Graav Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Graav 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
Suriname701:7,8951,936
Netherlands571:296,26635,624
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

de Graav Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Graav is borne by more people in Suriname than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname de Graav is the 1,573,888th most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. de Graav occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 55 percent of de Graav are found; 54 percent are found in South America and 54 percent are found in Gallo-Germanic South America.

The surname is most widely held in Suriname, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 7,895. Not including Suriname this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 44 percent live and Aruba, where 1 percent live.

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
de Graaf8825,677/
de Graaw885/
de Grauv881/
de Graaff826,026/
de Graw80109/
de Graf80100/
de Grev801/
de Graft751,341/
de Graef751,321/
de Grauw75562/
de Graff75289/
De-Graaf755/
der Graf751/
de Greaw751/
de Graph750/
de Graeff7173/
de Graffe717/
De-Graaff711/
da Graaff711/
de Grow677/
de Gref672/
de Grob671/
De-Graft632,666/
de Groof632,394/
de Groef63395/
de Groff6383/
de Grouw6373/
de Greif6338/
de Group6324/
de Greff6312/
de Groft633/
De-Grauw631/
De-Graef631/
De-Graff631/
de Groph630/
de Greiff5950/
de Grooff5928/
de Greift5911/
de Grofft592/
De-Groof501/
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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 de Graav
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