de Gras Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Gras Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Gras 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
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: de Grás (1) are calculated separately.

de Gras Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Gras is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also be found as a variant: de Grás. Click here for further possible spellings of de Gras.

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

This surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 44 percent of de Gras are found; 44 percent are found in Southern Africa and 44 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa de Gras is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 100 percent are found. Outside of South Africa it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 22 percent are found and Australia, where 11 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
de Grás951/
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de Grase931/
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de Grasse88197/
de Graass882/
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de Graux8013/
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De-Grads809/
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de Graay805/
de Grosz805/
da Graçs801/
de Greys801/
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de Grosse756/
de Grey71138/
de Grox7136/
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de Groh717/
de Groo713/
de Grot712/
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de Groot6748,020/
de Grood67268/
de Greyt6765/
de Group6724/
de Grout674/
de Grâce673/
de Groux672/
De-Great672/
De-Gratt671/
da Grace671/
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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 Gras
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