de Graves Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

de Graves Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Graves 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
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
England61:9,286,343223,652
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales21:784,20816,349

de Graves Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Graves is held by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname is the 4,307,654th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name de Graves occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 38 percent of de Graves are found; 38 percent are found in North America and 38 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname de Graves is most widely held in Australia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 4,499,284. In Australia de Graves is most numerous in: Victoria, where 100 percent live. Barring Australia de Graves exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 29 percent live and Canada, where 19 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 Greaves951/
de Grave941,513/
de Greves892/
de Graëve892/
de Groves890/
de Grove82145/
de Grava82109/
De-Grave823/
de Grauwe78627/
de Graawe781/
de Grouve781/
de Grabois741/
da Grava7195/
di Gravio67275/
de Grosbois6069/
Di-Gravio561/
De-Grosbois501/
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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 Graves
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