Graauw Surname

1,321,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 170 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Graauw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Graauw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1271:132,97020,548
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Graauw Last Name Facts

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

Graauw is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Graauw? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,321,499th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Graauw live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Graauw is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 132,970. In The Netherlands Graauw is primarily found in: North Brabant, where 41 percent are found, Gelderland, where 21 percent are found and North Holland, where 13 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 16 percent are found and Australia, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Groaw731/
Graow730/
Greeuw67144/
Grahow671/
Graouf671/
Grahova6238/
Grauhof6210/
Grauhoff572/
Gräub55244/
Graov552/
Groab552/
Grahov5045/
Grahof503/
Groaft501/
Graoff501/

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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
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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 Graauw
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