Graaves Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Graaves Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Graaves Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Graaves Come From? nationality or country of origin
Graaves occurs most in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Graaves? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most widespread surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Graaves occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Graaves reside; 80 percent reside in North America and 80 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 50 percent reside, California, where 25 percent reside and Washington, where 25 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Denmark, where 20 percent reside.
Graaves Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Graaves has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Graaves
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