Graafstra Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Graafstra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Graafstra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands881:191,90026,970
United States731:4,965,191254,179
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Graafstra Last Name Facts

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

The last name Graafstra has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Graafstra click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Graafstra? popularity and diffusion

The surname Graafstra is the 1,364,059th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 54 percent of Graafstra are found; 54 percent are found in Western Europe and 54 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Graafstra is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 191,900. In The Netherlands Graafstra is mostly concentrated in: Friesland, where 60 percent are found, Drenthe, where 20 percent are found and North Brabant, where 18 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands Graafstra exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 45 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Graafstra Last Name Statistics demography

Graafstra earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.54% less than the national average, earning $42,052 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Graafstra
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