de Graeff Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Graeff Surname User-submission:

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

de Graeff 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
Netherlands621:272,37433,874
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

de Graeff Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

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

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de Graeff Demographics

Average de Graeff Salary in
South Africa

R 51,840

Per year
Rank:
170,624 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
4.13712E-6
Rank: 180,222 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
21.81%
Sample size: 2 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

View the highest/lowest earning families in South Africa

de Graeff Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Graeff has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name is the 2,220,661st most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname de Graeff is primarily found in Europe, where 86 percent of de Graeff live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name de Graeff is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 272,374. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 31 percent are found, North Holland, where 19 percent are found and Gelderland, where 18 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands de Graeff is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 7 percent are found and South Africa, where 7 percent are found.

de Graeff Last Name Statistics demography

de Graeff earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 78.19% less than the national average, earning R 51,840 per year.

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 Graef941,321/
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de Greeff89451/
de Greiff8950/
de Gref882/
de Greef827,075/
de Groef82395/
de Greif8238/
De-Graef821/
de Grief820/
de Grijff7842/
de Greift7811/
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de Grauw71562/
de Graav71130/
de Grauv711/
de Greaw711/
de Grouw5973/
De-Grauw591/
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