Graaves Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Graaves Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Graaves Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Graaves Last Name Facts

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

Graaves has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Graaves.

How Common Is The Last Name Graaves? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most common last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Graaves live; 80 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Graaves is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 50 percent are found, California, where 25 percent are found and Washington, where 25 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Denmark, where 20 percent are found.

Graaves Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Graaves has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Graaves last name increased 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Graves92127,591/
Graave9256/
Greaves8636,229/
Graveus8688/
Graeves8632/
Gravets8621/
Gravees8610/
Gravest868/
Grayves866/
Graives863/
Gravesz862/
Hgraves861/
Grasves861/
Gravexs861/
Gravies861/
Ghraves860/
Gravess860/
Grave8318,607/
Graviejs80243/
Graviesz8012/
D'Graves802/
Graavett801/
Graveats800/
Gravetts800/
Groves7760,993/
Graver775,176/
Gravet77934/
Gravez77864/
Gravis77771/
Greves77675/
Gravey77448/
Grabes7780/
Greave7777/
Graive7734/
Gravee7726/
Gravie7723/
Graawe7710/
Gravea774/
Graveh774/
Grayve774/
Gravec772/
Ghrave771/
Grawes771/
Graëve771/
Grêves771/
Gravys770/
Graved770/
Graabe770/
Grauve770/
Gravett713,074/
Greeves711,867/
Gravois71950/
Greaver71841/
Greives71196/
Graviss71195/
Grabeus71103/
Graiver7194/
Gravish7189/
Grabets7168/
Grayver7157/
Grampes7137/
Grooves7131/
Greavey7122/
Gravios7118/
Gravecz7111/
Grabies718/
Greavis716/
Gravetz716/
Greabes715/
Gratved713/
Greavea712/
Gravais712/
Grevies711/
Grauver711/
Gravetp711/
Gravise711/
Greawes711/
Grovies711/
Grabezs711/
D'Grave711/
Grouves710/
Graveer710/
Grovese710/
Gravice710/
Grove6745,138/
Grabe674,430/
Grawe672,760/
Gravi67576/
Gravy67185/
Graviche6774/
Grabeusz6761/
Gravé6748/
Greavett6736/
Gravisse6736/
Grawa6733/
Graabech678/
Grāve676/
Graví673/
Gravaise673/
Grahavic671/
Gravè671/

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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 Graaves
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