Grab Surname

71,852nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,867 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Grab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3831:262,08224,727
Germany1,2721:63,2908,125
Poland1,2571:30,2384,610
Romania7931:25,3193,212
Russia7671:187,90520,921
Switzerland5621:14,6142,411
Moldova1931:18,4533,151
Belarus1291:73,65211,941
Kazakhstan1041:170,02416,548
Bosnia and Herzegovina751:47,1526,063
Canada601:614,09350,489
France351:1,897,792163,564
Argentina301:1,424,78080,162
Slovakia171:313,90944,635
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Belgium141:821,18966,436
Czechia141:759,53467,321
Afghanistan141:2,296,65615,575
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Taiwan91:2,604,97216,335
Croatia91:469,84536,710
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
England81:6,964,757184,742
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Slovenia71:355,38217,336
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Kyrgyzstan41:1,493,16471,188
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1671:300,71123,854

The alternate forms: Gräb (641) & Gráb (12) are calculated separately.

Grab (46) may also be a first name.

Grab Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grab (Oriya: ଗବ, Russian: Граб) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Gräb or Gráb. Click here to see other potential spellings of Grab.

How Common Is The Last Name Grab? popularity and diffusion

The surname Grab is the 71,852nd most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,061,242 people. Grab is primarily found in Europe, where 72 percent of Grab reside; 43 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 27 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Grab is also the 1,484,914th most commonly held first name globally, held by 46 people.

Grab is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 1,383 people, or 1 in 262,082. In The United States Grab is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 16 percent are found, Maryland, where 7 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States it occurs in 59 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 19 percent are found and Poland, where 18 percent are found.

Grab Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Grab has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Grab surname grew 828 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 267 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grab Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (74%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Grab last name are 6.29% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 53.06% registered with the party.

The amount Grab earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 46.95% less than the national average, earning R 126,060 per year; in United States they earn 15.06% more than the national average, earning $49,647 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.93% less than the national average, earning $46,736 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gräb92641/
Gráb9212/
Grabs891,280/
Greab89552/
Graeb89337/
Ghrab89276/
Graab89135/
Graib8990/
Graub8977/
Grabp8919/
Grabt894/
Grayb893/
Grabz891/
Ghraib80220/
Greabs803/
Graubh801/
Ghrabz801/
Graubs801/
Graf75146,788/
Grob7513,112/
Greb757,570/
Graw753,333/
Grap751,415/
Grav75649/
Gröb75142/
Grób75100/
Grabowa73220/
Grabová7319/
Greasbt732/
Grahieb731/
Graff6733,931/
Grafe677,232/
Groub677,173/
Graaf673,586/
Grape672,067/
Graap671,415/
Graft671,276/
Greub67818/
Grauf67683/
Grapp67554/
Grova67514/
Greeb67376/
Ghreb67248/
Graif67235/
Greib67181/
Graup67153/
Graps67142/
Greaf6771/
Grobs6769/
Groob6752/
Groeb6742/
Gröbs6731/
Grajf6728/
Grahv6727/
Grauw6724/
Gräbs6723/
Grayf6723/
Gravs6716/
Graep6715/
Grafs6714/
Grahf6714/
Graav6712/
Ghrav6712/
Graph6711/
Graaw677/
Grosb676/
Ågrav675/
Ghraw675/
Growa674/
Grasf674/
Greap674/
Grapt673/
Ghraf673/
Grasp673/
Ghrob673/
Gravå673/
Cgraw672/
Grasv671/
Gratf671/
Greyb671/
Grzaf671/
Grreb671/
Grafp671/
Grayw670/
Greaw670/
Grawz670/
Grapf670/
Graip670/
Graws670/
Grahw670/
Grawf670/
Grafz670/

Grab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grab in the Oriya language
ଗବgaba33.33
ଗାବ୍gab33.33
ଗାବgaba33.33
Grab in the Russian language
Грабgrab-

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