Graafen Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Graafen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 38 | 1:2,118,565 | 113,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Graafen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Graafen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Graafen occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Graafen.
How Common Is The Last Name Graafen? popularity and diffusion
Graafen is the 3,100,440th most common last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Graafen live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 2,118,565. In Germany Graafen is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 74 percent are found, Hesse, where 21 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 3 percent are found and Switzerland, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grafen | 92 | 686 | / |
| Graefen | 86 | 382 | / |
| Graffen | 86 | 67 | / |
| Grafeen | 86 | 2 | / |
| Grafn | 83 | 0 | / |
| Graeffen | 80 | 0 | / |
| Grasfend | 80 | 0 | / |
| Graffien | 80 | 0 | / |
| Gräfen | 77 | 594 | / |
| Grefen | 77 | 440 | / |
| Grafin | 77 | 136 | / |
| Graffin | 71 | 2,244 | / |
| Groffen | 71 | 527 | / |
| Grafing | 71 | 190 | / |
| Greffen | 71 | 52 | / |
| Grafion | 71 | 28 | / |
| Graefin | 71 | 28 | / |
| Grafink | 71 | 1 | / |
| Graufem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Grefeen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Graffem | 71 | 0 | / |
| Greefen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Grayfin | 71 | 0 | / |
| Graffion | 67 | 156 | / |
| Grosfent | 67 | 9 | / |
| Graffing | 67 | 6 | / |
| Grefn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Graiffin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Grossfen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Graffinn | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Graafen
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